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I haven't used Web Components yet, but plan to. If you have worked with or evaluated vanilla Web Components and Lit[1], is there any reason to prefer one of the

• hellcow 3y ago
  Lit is a small lib that extends components to handle common needs, like state management, adding/removing event listeners, etc. As someone who wrote and maintained a lot of vanilla web components, I much prefer using lit nowadays. It’s still just native components… but many of the parts you needed to write yourself are already there and very well implemented.
• freddex 3y ago
  Lit is very close to vanilla Web Components, but makes the standard more convenient to work with. Especially when used with TypeScript and a nice plugin such as lit-plugin [1], you get syntax highlighted and checked CSS + HTML, auto-completion in templates, and so on. Also, the reactivity offered by Lit is something you could implement yourself using the standard lifecycle methods of custom elements, but is quite boilerplate-y. Overall, Lit gives you a better developer experience with fewer foot guns and boilerplate without much overhead. [1]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=runem.lit-plugin https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=runem.li...