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Alex Spinov
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SvelteKit Has a Free Full-Stack Framework With the Fastest Developer Experience

SvelteKit is the official application framework for Svelte. It provides routing, SSR, code-splitting, and adapters for any deployment target.

What You Get for Free

  • File-based routing — pages are files
  • SSR + SSG + SPA — choose per route
  • Server-side data loading — type-safe
  • Form actions — progressive enhancement
  • Adapters — Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare, Node
  • No virtual DOM — compiled to vanilla JS
  • Fastest DX — instant HMR, minimal boilerplate

Create a Project

npm create svelte@latest my-app
cd my-app && npm install && npm run dev
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Page With Data Loading

<!-- +page.server.ts -->
export async function load() {
  const posts = await db.post.findMany();
  return { posts };
}

<!-- +page.svelte -->
<script>
  export let data;
</script>

{#each data.posts as post}
  <article>
    <h2>{post.title}</h2>
    <p>{post.body}</p>
  </article>
{/each}
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SvelteKit vs Next.js

Feature SvelteKit Next.js
Bundle size Smaller Larger
Runtime No VDOM React runtime
DX Simpler More complex

Need Svelte development? Check my work on GitHub or email spinov001@gmail.com for consulting.

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