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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

758: Web Awesome with Konnor Rogers + Cory LaViska

Apr 19, 2024
01:01:07
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Open source enthusiasts Konnor Rogers and Cory LaViska discuss Web Awesome, a library of web components that works with any framework. They cover the benefits of web components, styling challenges, Kickstarter success, premium components like rich text editors, and the evolution of layout components in web development.
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Quick takeaways

  • Web Awesome is an open source library of web components based on standards.
  • Web Awesome aims to provide consistency and efficiency in maintaining interfaces across frameworks.

Deep dives

Evolution from Font Awesome to Web Awesome and Shoelace

Font Awesome and Web Awesome represent an evolution from a successful icon project to a modern web component library. Shoelace, the predecessor, originally developed in 2017 as a response to the limitations of existing CSS frameworks, transitioned into a web component library by 2020. The focus on bleeding edge technology and the adoption of web standards allowed shoelace to gain popularity and adapt to modern browser support.

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