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Web components will never take off because they are HTML-first and rely on DOM apis. The reason React is so popular and the reason it dethroned Angular, Backbo
by mmckelvy 8y ago
Web components will never take off because they are HTML-first and rely on DOM apis.
The reason React is so popular and the reason it dethroned Angular, Backbone, etc. is because it is JavaScript-first. In other words, it gives you the power of a proper programming language to build UIs.