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by jraph 1400 days ago
Svelte does things in a fundamentally different way than existing frameworks. It is very lightweight, both in the code size sent to the user and in terms of runtime computation, entirely ditching the VDOM by doing more at compilation time, requiring less resources, less powerful devices for a better result (because less janky). It is also quite intuitive for the developer. I'd like to see it spread or at least these ideas adopted elsewhere. We need a lighter web and Svelte could be part of the answer to this.

It's also not exactly new, from 2016.

I hear you about the JS frontend framework and tooling churn, but Svelte actually brings something new and valuable.