Lit: a library for building fast, lightweight web components
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- #Web Components
- #Lit Framework
- #Frontend Development
- Lit builds on Web Components standards, adding reactivity, declarative templates, and features to reduce boilerplate.
- Lit is lightweight (~5 KB) and fast, updating only dynamic parts of the UI for efficient rendering.
- Lit components are native web components, ensuring interoperability across frameworks and environments.
- Features include custom elements, scoped styles via Shadow DOM, and reactive properties for efficient state management.
- Lit supports declarative templates with HTML markup and inline JavaScript, requiring no custom syntax or compilation.
- Ideal for shareable components, design systems, and future-ready sites/apps, Lit minimizes lock-in and promotes maintainability.
- Lit is used by forward-looking organizations for building interactive content, design systems, and scalable applications.
- Resources include live tutorials, interactive playgrounds, extensive documentation, and community engagement.