alt Hacker NewsI'm on a project now that requires using Svelte in an enterprise setting. I've used all the big 3 (Angular, React, Vue) and then some (Ember, AngularJS) and I can say without a doubt, Svelte is my least favorite of them all by far. To say it has encouraged designing an unreadable mess in the code-base is an understatement. It seems to have taken the worst aspects of the big 3 and ran with it. I'm utterly confused why people enjoy this wild west hodgepodge of framework mistakes. I'd argue the improved speed is not worth sacrificing readability and lower cognitive load. This is designed for tinkerers and hobbyists. I say this with confidence of nearly 20 years experience building enterprise web applications (including in FAANG): Svelte is another fad library that has no place in a professional setting.
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I have long time experience building huge web applications in both Angular, React, and Svelte, and my experience exactly the opposite. Anecdote meet anecdote. You really have to be more specific.
Care to talk in specifics rather than generalities?
lol, I love this take! I honestly have never used Svelt but you hear so much fanboi love for it I assumed it actually was awesome! If Svelt is a hipster scam, that would be hilarious. Anyone else able to corroborate or refute this claim?
I personally like React with just React Router 7 in framework mode (Remix). So simple, so intuitive, just works, paper thing abstractions over stuff everyone already knows how to do. (Next.js OTOH I do not love)
If using Svelte hinders the creation of “enterprise web applications” then it sounds like exactly what we need.
The web is supposed to be made by tinkerers and hobbyists.