Appendix L. Further Reading

Web Components are quite new as of this writing, so not many resources are around. The developer-friendly introduction written by the spec authors should be your first stop. Next might be Eric Bidelman’s presentation. Both resources are helpful in learning the core concepts. You can find them at http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcomponents/raw-file/tip/explainer/index.html and http://html5-demos.appspot.com/static/webcomponents/index.html (you may need to use Google Chrome to view this correctly).

The Shadow DOM is the best-implemented piece of Web Components and, as such, has more online documentation. Both Sitepoint and HTML5 Rocks have clearly written explanations of the topic, which you’ll find at http://www.sitepoint.com/the-basics-of-the-shadow-dom/ ...

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