Developing Web Components with Polymer

This book teaches you all you need to know about developing component-based web applications using declarative elements. The text includes a comprehensive introduction to web components technology and tells you how to apply it using Polymer.

Martin Splitt explains the challenges of traditional web development methods and introduces web component standards such as template elements, shadow DOM, custom elements, and HTML imports. He then shows how to use them to solve sample issues and establish a solid web development framework.

Splitt goes on to explain how Polymer simplifies the processes he describes. Starting with the “everything is an element” approach, he uses hands-on examples to demonstrate the advantages of Polymer over conventional web components technology and takes you step by step through the development of your own first Polymer-based application.

You will learn how to use data binding techniques to combine ready-made elements with your own, how to make your elements reusable, and how to keep your applications scalable using themes.

The book assumes that you have some experience in:

• HTML
• JavaScript
• CSS