project_path: /web/_project.yaml book_path: /web/shows/_book.yaml description: Today I'm going to show you how to add public properties and methods to a Polymer element. This will give your tag a programmable interface so it can be manipulated with JavaScript.

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Episode 16 {: .page-title }

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In this Week's Episode

Demo source code

https://github.com/Polymer/polycasts/tree/master/ep16-public-api/name-tag

Polymer 0.9 documentation on properties

https://www.polymer-project.org/0.9/docs/devguide/properties.html

Polyserve

https://github.com/polymerlabs/polyserve

New Styling System

https://www.polymer-project.org/0.9/docs/devguide/styling.html

Extending native elements -- Polycasts #15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV8BvxpNQOs&list=PLOU2XLYxmsII5c3Mgw6fNYCzaWrsM3sMN

Create reusable elements with ease -- Polycasts #14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Q1mQtFGM8&list=PLOU2XLYxmsII5c3Mgw6fNYCzaWrsM3sMN&index=2

Polymer 0.8: First Look -- Polycasts #13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyf-17lWkYE&list=PLOU2XLYxmsII5c3Mgw6fNYCzaWrsM3sMN&index=3

Polymer Slack: http://bit.ly/polymerslack

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