Lightning Web Components
Lightning Web Components Lightning Web Components

Lightning web components are custom elements built using HTML and modern JavaScript. It uses standard HTML, modern JavaScript (ES6+), and the best of native Web Components.

Lightning Web Components (LWC) is a lightweight, enterprise-grade open-source web component framework developed by Salesforce and released under the MIT License.

The main features and capabilities of LWC include:

  • Standards-Based Architecture: Built directly on modern web standards, utilizing standard HTML, modern JavaScript (ES6+), and native Web Components with minimal boilerplate.

  • Performance-Optimized Runtime: Features a lean, fast runtime optimized for high performance across modern browsers and legacy environments like IE 11.

  • Quick Setup via LWR: Allows developers to rapidly create and run single-page applications using the lwr CLI tool (npm init lwr).

  • Portable & Easy to Learn: Enables developers to "learn once, build anywhere," crafting reusable custom elements using familiar web technologies (HTML, JavaScript, and CSS).

  • Open Source & Community-Driven: Maintained as an open-source framework where developers can shape the roadmap and contribute through GitHub pull requests.

Lightning Web Components

Lightning Web Components
Frontend
May 30, 2019

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