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What are Web Components?

Understanding Web Components

Web Components are a set of web platform APIs that allow developers to create reusable, encapsulated custom elements for the web. They work natively in modern browsers without needing external libraries or frameworks. Web Components let you define your own HTML tags with custom behavior, style encapsulation, and reusable functionality.

Example of a Simple Web Component
Key Parts of Web Components
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    Custom Elements: Define your own HTML tags with custom behavior.

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    Shadow DOM: Encapsulates markup and styles, preventing conflicts with global CSS.

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    HTML Templates: Provide reusable chunks of HTML that can be cloned and inserted.

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    Work natively in modern browsers and can be used with any framework (or none at all).