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Modularize websites with Web Components

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Web Components let you define your own HTML tags to restructure monolithic web pages into smaller services and simplify maintenance and servicing.

Microservices are being used more and more as architecture patterns for client-server applications. Developers break down monolithic back ends into smaller services that can be developed independently of each other and, if necessary, re-implemented with little effort.

Web developers naturally ask themselves how they can best integrate the multitude of small services into their websites. One answer is with Web Components [1], self-adjustable and reusable HTML tags that are standardized, work across browsers, and can be used with all JavaScript libraries and frameworks that also work with HTML (see Table 1).

Table 1

Native Use of Web Components

Browser Version Example Works?
Chrome 69 Yes
Firefox 63 Yes
Safari 12 Yes (untested)
MS Edge 42 No

For example, developers can use Web Components to integrate microservices into

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