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Can we use LWC outside Salesforce?
Anywhere, because Lightning Web Components is now open source (https://github.com/salesforce/lwc) you can use them anywhere! If you want to run a Lightning Component outside of Salesforce in your own server, but the data is in Salesforce then you will want to use Lightning Out.
What is the difference between lightning and LWC in Salesforce?
Aura-based Lightning components are built using both HTML and JavaScript, but LWC is built directly on the Web stack. Creating an LWC is fast as it no longer requires the user to download the JavaScript and wait for the engine to compile it before rendering the component.
What is a lightning out application?
Lightning Out is a technology where one can take Lightning components built on the Force.com platform to the external applications like Sharepoint, SAP, Node apps on Heroku and many others.
How to use lightning out outside of Salesforce?
Use Lightning Out to run components outside of Salesforce servers. Whether it’s a Node.js app running on Heroku or a department server inside the firewall, add your Lightning web components to a standalone Aura dependency app. Then, run them wherever your users are.
How to use LWC as quick action in Salesforce?
If you need to send events like force:closeQuickAction, you’ll have to first send an event to the enclosing Aura component, so that it could fire this action. More on this here. LWC can be directly used as a quick action. This is a pilot feature, available in the Spring ‘21 release.
Are there any alternatives for Salesforce console APIs?
As of winter 21, There are no alternative for Salesforce Console APIs (Navigation Item API, Workspace API, Utility Bar API) in Lightning Web Component which are available in Aura Lightning Component. There is an idea available on IdeaExchange for the same.
Can you use lightning out on a web page?
Lightning web components running via Lightning Out are full citizens on the page. If you choose to, you can enable interaction between your standalone Aura app and the page or app you’ve embedded it in. This interaction is handled using Lightning events.