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Getting Started with Web Components

You're reading from   Getting Started with Web Components Build modular and reusable components using HTML, CSS and JavaScript

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838649234
Length 158 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Types of life cycle callback methods

There are four life cycle callbacks available to Web Components as of now. These are as follows:

  • connectedCallback()
  • disconnectedCallback()
  • adoptedCallback()
  • attributeChangedCallback()

Let's discuss them in detail. 

connectedCallback()

This interface/callback gets invoked every time a copy of a Web Component gets added to the DOM. This is very useful when it comes to initializing events associated with the DOM inside the component, or state management (see Chapter 5, Managing States and Props), or anything that needs any sort of initialization or pre-checks.

Let's take a look at an example. In Chapter 1, Web Components Essentials and Specifications, we talked about a ...

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