How deeply does Web Components in Action cover LitElement?

Explains the rendering and compatibility workflow, but stops short of API details or a complete component implementation.

LitElement

As explained in Web Components in Action

LitElement is a base class from the Lit project for creating Web Components with reactive properties and lit-html rendering.

LitElement is a Lit project base class for building Web Components with template literals, lit-html rendering, and the standard Web Components lifecycle. section 10.3

A LitElement-based component connects familiar browser pieces in a compact workflow:

Define HTML and CSS through a template managed automatically by lit-html. section 10.3
Use the Web Components lifecycle while ShadyDOM and ShadyCSS provide compatibility-oriented behavior where needed. section 10.3
Treat the approach as a smaller alternative to the discontinued feature development of the Polymer Library, rather than as an HTML Import workflow. section 10.3

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Related concepts

HTMLElement APIkind of · The HTMLElement API is the browser DOM interface defining common properties and behavior for HTML element objects.
lit-htmluses · lit-html is a JavaScript library that uses tagged template literals to efficiently render and update HTML content in the DOM.
modulekind of · A module is a distinct, bounded software unit that groups related code or functionality and provides an organizational or interaction boundary within a larger system.
Web Componentsconfigures · Web Components are browser standards and APIs, including custom elements and shadow DOM, for creating reusable web interface elements with encapsulated structure, presentation, and behavior.
renderingalternative to · Rendering is the process of producing a representation or output from content, data, or state, often in a form suitable for display.

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