Reusable UI Without the Bloat: Web Components Explained

Sick of Framework Fatigue? Meet Web Components.

Let’s be real, modern web development is a mess. Every week, there’s a new JavaScript framework that promises to be lighter, faster, better, only for it to drop a monstrous node_modules folder on your machine.

But what if you didn’t need a framework at all? What if you could build reusable, encapsulated UI components using just plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript?

Well, good news—you can! Web Components give you all the power of framework like components without the overhead, the lock-in, or the eternal dependency updates.

In this section, we’ll break down what Web Components are, why they’re the minimalist’s dream, and how you can start using them today. By the end, you’ll be wondering why you ever put up with framework-induced suffering.