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Rebuilding emoji-picker-element on a custom framework

In my last post, we went on a guided tour of building a JavaScript framework from scratch.

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Use web components for what they’re good at

Dave Rupert recently made a bit of a stir with his post “If Web Components are so great, why am I not using them?”.

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Style scoping versus shadow DOM: which is fastest?

Last year, I asked the question: Does shadow DOM improve style performance?

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The balance has shifted away from SPAs

There’s a feeling in the air. A zeitgeist. SPAs are no longer the cool kids they once were 10 years ago.

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The struggle of using native emoji on the web

You might be forgiven for thinking that, in 2022, it’s possible to plop an emoji on a web page and have it “just work”.

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Options for styling web components

When I released emoji-picker-element last year, it was my first time writing a general-purpose web component.

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