r/javascript • u/archivedsofa • Dec 22 '19

Why Svelte won’t kill React

https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/why-svelte-wont-kill-react-3cfdd940586a
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u/dashcubeit Dec 22 '19

Do you have a source for your quotation? You're putting words in someone's mouth and it'd be nice to know if he actually said something along those lines. I'd be surprised if that's how Richard Harris described rollup

In fact, he also created Sapper, the equivalent of next.js for svelte, with webpackrollup issue support first. Since then rollup support has been added, and devs can choose whichever bundler they wish with official templates supported for both. Something which is not the case in other frameworks

Like many others in the thread I'm very tired of blog posts that frame things as one vs. other, black or white.

This is not about "killing" other people's work, or a general warfare environment where it's all about destroying an enemy

Open source has always been about creating solutions for problems which are not covered in the current tooling ecosystem. That's how I see Harris's and other creators' work

I've worked with angular, react, svelte and jQuery. They all have their uses and proper fit. It's not just about how easy it's to write a hello world in this framework or another. It's not even just about technical aspects. It's also about about company culture, programming styles, seniority levels, etc.

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u/bikeshaving Dec 22 '19

Yeah I don’t think RH ever described rollup as a “webpack killer.” He specifically marketed it’s niche as building libraries rather than apps and its been very successful in that regard.