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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

Integrations

When it comes to building modern web applications, it’s not uncommon to use a plethora of technologies. Each tool has its place, and it may be the case that a developer is more comfortable with a particular frontend framework than they are with standard CSS. This is fine, as it can speed up development so long as the tools integrate nicely with others. Fortunately for us, SvelteKit works quite well with others.

At the time of writing, Tailwind CSS has become incredibly popular. Tailwind CSS aims to reduce the amount of shipped CSS by only extracting that which is used. This is great to reduce the amount of assets delivered to clients and speed up load times. To showcase how simple it is to integrate a tool such as Tailwind CSS in our existing SvelteKit project, let’s work through it. These steps can also be found in the official Tailwind CSS documentation. It’s recommended to create a new branch in your repository before starting this process, as...