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SvelteKit Up and Running

By : Dylan Hildenbrand
Book Image

SvelteKit Up and Running

By: Dylan Hildenbrand

Overview of this book

The JavaScript ecosystem has grown vast, complex, and daunting for newcomers. Fortunately, SvelteKit has emerged, simplifying the process of building JavaScript-based web applications. This book aims to demystify SvelteKit, making it as approachable as it makes web app development. With SvelteKit Up and Running you’ll be introduced to the philosophy and technologies underlying SvelteKit. First, you’ll follow a standard educational programming approach, progressing to a 'Hello World' application. Next, you’ll explore the fundamental routing techniques, data loading management, and user submission, all through real-world scenarios commonly encountered in day-to-day development, before discovering various adapters employed by SvelteKit to seamlessly integrate with diverse environments. You’ll also delve into advanced concepts like dynamic route management, error handling, and leveraging SvelteKit to optimize SEO and accessibility. By the end of this book, you’ll have mastered SvelteKit and will be well-equipped to navigate the complexities of web app development.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Getting Started with SvelteKit
5
Part 2 – Core Concepts
10
Part 3 – Supplemental Concepts

SEO Tips

Aside from making some small a11y improvements in our application, we can keep some other suggestions in mind. Firstly, we should make use of SvelteKit’s Server-Side Rendering (SSR) whenever possible. Doing so ensures the quick delivery of the application as well as makes content easier for search engines to parse. Of course, many search engines now have the capabilities to index client-side rendered content, but the speed and reliability of SSR cannot be discounted. We should only disable SSR if we have a valid reason to.

Another useful tip to consider is the performance of our application. For the most part, we can rely on Vite to tree-shake unused code out of our builds. Smaller bundle sizes mean fewer lines of code to deliver to the client and many search engines rank results based on asset delivery times. See the Resources section at the end of this chapter for tools that can deliver insights into your page speeds.

The final useful tip for improving SEO is...