Introducing Brick: Minimal-markup Web Components for Faster App Development

Brick is presented as a beta cross-browser library built on Mozilla’s x-tags. It offers custom HTML tags that wrap common interface patterns in reusable, semantic components, so developers can add widgets with less boilerplate and less manual initialization.

The post explains a calendar example, then lists several available tags such as a calendar, a slide deck, a tooltip, polyfills for range and date inputs, and a layout component. It also says each tag has an attribute and JavaScript API, can be styled to match an application, and is available through the Brick site and GitHub.

Reading notes

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• Brick is a beta release and is based on Mozilla’s x-tags library.
• It provides custom HTML tags for common user interface patterns.
• Developers can use a tag like instead of boilerplate markup and explicit JavaScript initialization.
• Tag attributes can change component behavior, such as enabling controls or preselecting a date.
• The available tags include , , , polyfills for and , and .
• Each tag can be fully styled and comes with a flexible attribute and JavaScript API.
• The post points readers to the Brick site for downloads, demos, and documentation, and to GitHub for source code and contributions.