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Svelte vs Laravel
Svelte
12 positive (80%) · 3 mixed (20%) · 0 negative (0%)
Trust + time weighted: +82%
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Astro with Svelte is a good time.
HTMX is good when you *don't actually need* a full-blown SPA. It's not just for "simple projects", it is built around a different philosophy than things like React/Vue/Svelte.
I've been using Svelte since 2019 and so happy about it. One thing people don't understand when it comes to "ecosystem" is another one of those React-things. "Advantages" in a context where an advantage was never needed in the first place doesn't count. React might have a bigger ecosystem, but Svelte doesn't need it. This is because there's so little boilerplate for anything you need, it only takes a few minutes to essentially make your own.
sveltes magic is in the compiler. way less boilerplate, reactive by default. but smaller ecosystem means you might be building stuff from scratch more often.
I really don’t understand why you’d ever use React over Svelte on a new project.
Laravel
10 positive (53%) · 7 mixed (37%) · 2 negative (11%)
Trust + time weighted: +39%
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I noticed this weird 8194460 text that was appearing on my laravel website and causing the layout to break.
It also ships with Laravel (many install paths) - this bumps its numbers quite a bit
Laravel with React
It’s good to learn to do that for sure and I admire your spirit but also seriously learn about frameworks. Look at Laravel or Symfony for example.
My little Laravel adventure gave me a good introduction to the MVC pattern, which still feels overcomplicated but I trust that the benefits will probably appear when projects get bigger.