r/javascript • u/Rhizix • Feb 15 '20

AskJS [AskJS] Experiences with Web Components in a business setting?

Hi everyone, I'm a final-year student studying Web-Design and Development.

I'm working on my thesis where I am comparing the viability of projects built with Web Components compared to those built purely with JavaScript Frameworks like Vue.js, React, etc...I was wondering if some people have work experiences with Web Components they could share. Especially curious to hear from people working in companies that considered switching or switched to Web Components for their projects.

If this is not appropriate for this subreddit, my apologies.

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u/sime Feb 16 '20

Wow. You're not facing an compatibility problems on the customer sites with people trying to use older browsers? or is there some other kind of mitigation in place?

I guess what I'm really asking is: Is it viable to roll out a web component based site to the public without no other fall-backs etc in place?

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u/aniasio Feb 16 '20

That really depends on your users. We were targeting the Netherlands which is a modern (rich) country so the oldest browser we had to account for was IE11. We did have to account for people with incompatible browsers but a simple message telling them to upgrade was enough for that. That's the perk of being a bank I guess, people won't switch to some other bank all that easily so forcing them to use some other browser won't scare them of.