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+# Web Components |
+ |
+This package has the polyfills for |
+[Shadow DOM](http://www.polymer-project.org/platform/shadow-dom.html), |
+[Custom Elements](http://www.polymer-project.org/platform/custom-elements.html), |
+and [HTML Imports](http://www.polymer-project.org/platform/html-imports.html). |
+ |
+These features exist in dart:html, for example |
+[Element.createShadowRoot](https://api.dartlang.org/apidocs/channels/stable/#dart-dom-html.Element@id_createShadowRoot) |
+and [Document.register](https://api.dartlang.org/apidocs/channels/stable/#dart-dom-html.HtmlDocument@id_register). |
+However those APIs are not supported on all browsers yet unless you |
+load the polyfills, as indicated below. |
+ |
+## Getting started |
+ |
+Include the polyfills in your HTML `<head>` to enable Shadow DOM: |
+ |
+```html |
+<script src="packages/web_components/webcomponents.min.js"></script> |
+<script src="packages/web_components/dart_support.js"></script> |
+``` |
+ |
+You can also use an unminified version for development: |
+ |
+```html |
+<script src="packages/web_components/webcomponents.js"></script> |
+<script src="packages/web_components/dart_support.js"></script> |
+``` |
+ |
+Because the Shadow DOM polyfill does extensive DOM patching, webcomponents.js |
+should be included **before** other script tags. Be sure to include |
+dart_support.js too, it is required for the Shadow DOM polyfill to work with |
+[dart2js](https://www.dartlang.org/docs/dart-up-and-running/contents/ch04-tools-dart2js.html). |
+ |
+## Custom Elements |
+ |
+Custom Elements let authors define their own elements. Authors associate |
+JavaScript or Dart code with custom tag names, and then use those custom tag |
+names as they would any standard tag. |
+ |
+For example, after registering a special kind of button called `super-button`, |
+use the super button just like this: |
+ |
+```html |
+<super-button></super-button> |
+``` |
+ |
+Custom elements are still elements. We can create, use, manipulate, and compose |
+them just as easily as any standard `<div>` or `<span>` today. |
+ |
+See the Polymer [Custom Elements page](http://www.polymer-project.org/platform/custom-elements.html) |
+for more information. |
+ |
+## Shadow DOM |
+ |
+Shadow DOM is designed to provide encapsulation by hiding DOM subtrees under |
+shadow roots. It provides a method of establishing and maintaining functional |
+boundaries between DOM trees and how these trees interact with each other within |
+a document, thus enabling better functional encapsulation within the DOM. |
+ |
+See the Polymer [Shadow DOM page](http://www.polymer-project.org/platform/shadow-dom.html) |
+for more information. |
+ |
+ |
+## Hacking on this package |
+ |
+The `webcomponents.*` files in this package are developed |
+[here](https://github.com/Polymer/webcomponentsjs). Follow the instructions |
+there for how to build a new release and then copy the files into this package. |