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I honestly don't believe you've actually used Svelte even in an experimental context to make such a comment. Go check out the tutorial on the Svelte site and ge
by ttfkam 4y ago
I honestly don't believe you've actually used Svelte even in an experimental context to make such a comment. Go check out the tutorial on the Svelte site and get back to us.
It's literally >90% just HTML, CSS, and JS. The last <10% is split between stores, if- and each-blocks, and data binding syntax. If you don't know HTML, CSS, and JS as a web developer, I don't know what to tell you. If you do, the notion that Svelte has a substantial mental overhead compared to any other web framework—especially React—is utterly ludicrous.
- ironmagma 4y agoAnd that’s similarly how I feel about people who think Svelte is significantly less complex than React. At least React is just Javascript. Svelte tries to override assignment to trigger side effects. That’s crazy.
- imbnwa 4y agoAren't Hooks also a significant deviation from the JS execution model? That they needed to write whole new documentation to clarify the model and its application seems to speak to some deviation