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by wwalser 3499 days ago
It's not that React doesn't "support" web components. React is a competitive alternative to web components. Custom HTML elements (components) done better, done now and without aggressive browser shimming. My understanding is that a significant driver for an alternative to WC was Facebook's view that no server-side rendering made WC a complete non-starter within the company.

Competition is good for the web.
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interlocutor 3499 days ago
It is actually not "done better". Web Components have shadow DOM, which permits scoped CSS. React Components are brittle because styles and scripts are global. Also, some people think you can only pass strings as attributes to Web Components. This is not true; you can pass objects just like in React. Also, Web Components are declarative not imperative, again like React.
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wwalser 3499 days ago
I didn't mean "done better" as an absolutist statement, but I can understand why it would be read that way. I meant it more as a brand statement, obviously the React team, contributors and users are likely to believe it's better. I get that some will come down on the other side of that coin.

I stand by the statement that the competition between these two projects is good for the web which I think is the important part of my response to the parent comment. I'm glad there are people working with and on web components.

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interlocutor 3499 days ago
What is the point of open standards if everyone competes against the open standard as opposed to supporting the standard?
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wwalser 3498 days ago
Facebook isn't "everyone". As I noted in the comment to which you're replying, there are people building and using Web Components.

Nothing about Facebook creating React prevents browser vendors from implementing Web Components natively. React uses other open standards (ECMA & HTML) which have existed for a decade previous to Web Components.

Web Components contains good ideas. React contains good ideas. You're arguing against people who are helping. Stop doing that.

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interlocutor 3498 days ago
Somehow I think the reaction would be different if Microsoft had done this, i.e., make proprietary competing technology instead of supporting an open standard. (Yes, React is proprietary--look into the patent rider issue.)
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lostPixels 3499 days ago
Yes but you didn't dispute his major point of server-side rendering.
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interlocutor 3499 days ago
You can uses this to do server-side rendering: https://github.com/pimterry/server-components
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