Shadow DOM vs build-time scoping for third-party widgets

WHAT IT TESTS: Your grasp of style encapsulation tradeoffs in widgets. ANSWER OUTLINE: Shadow DOM gives true isolation but blocks global theming and complicates SSR; build-time scoping keeps theming and SSR simple but needs tooling.
WHAT IT TESTS: Your grasp of style encapsulation tradeoffs when shipping third-party widgets. ANSWER OUTLINE: Shadow DOM gives true CSS isolation but blocks global theme inheritance and complicates SSR because styles are locked inside the shadow boundary; build-time class scoping preserves theme cascading and server rendering simplicity but relies on tooling and lacks JavaScript-level DOM encapsulation.
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