What are Headless Components?

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about what headless components are, the why and when to use headless components, and how to best implement them.

Show Notes

• 00:07 Welcome
• 02:33 Tailwind Connect
• Tailwind Connect 2023 | Tailwind CSS Live Event
• 04:37 Headless component overview
• Downshift
• Headless UI
• 06:57 A country dropdown component
• 12:52 Possibly like Svelte actions?
• 18:46 What do headless components provide?
• 19:13 Examples of headless component projects
• Microsoft Edge Demo
• 24:24 How does this compare to web components?
• Tanstack Table
• Tanstack Virtual
• 26:29 Checking out Shoelace
• Shoelace
• 28:42 Figma announcements
• What’s New in Figma
• 31:21 What does headless mean?
• 36:24 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
• 41:20 AI Voices

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: Hacker News Recap /Hacker News Recap on Apple Podcasts
• Wes: Calipers

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• Scott: Sentry
• Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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