Svelte 5: A Conversation with Rich Harris on the Future of Frameworks
2025-01-28
Smashing Magazine interviewed Rich Harris, the creator of Svelte, revealing major updates and future directions for Svelte 5. A ground-up rewrite, Svelte 5 introduces clearer state management. Harris emphasizes that Svelte's goal isn't solely market share, but building high-quality, resilient, and accessible applications, and improving overall software quality by addressing widespread flaws. Future efforts will focus on the surrounding ecosystem, including SvelteKit, aiming to become a Rails or Laravel for JavaScript, simplifying full-stack development.
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