The launch of Svelte 5 in October was met with excitement and high anticipation, marking a significant moment for the framework in the web development community. Despite its popularity among major companies, Svelte still feels like an underdog compared to giants like React. Rich Harris, the creator, emphasizes that Svelte 5's aim is to balance tradition with innovation, showcasing a critical rewrite of the framework that introduces new concepts like $state and $derived while generating a positive response from users and a noticeable uptick in downloads.
If React is Taylor Swift, we're more of a Phoebe Bridges. She's critically acclaimed, and you've heard of her, but you probably can't name that many of her songs.
The release of Svelte 5... tries to square the circle of convention and innovation.
The post-launch reaction has been largely glowing, with weekly npm downloads doubling compared to six months ago.
Svelte 5 is a ground-up rewrite... the big one... is runes. $ has given way to the more explicit $state, $derived, and $effect.
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