
SvelteKit Has a Free API: Full-Stack JavaScript Without the React Tax
React developers spend half their time fighting React. SvelteKit developers spend that time building features. What Is SvelteKit? SvelteKit is the full-stack framework for Svelte — think Next.js but for Svelte. It gives you server-side rendering, API routes, file-based routing, form actions, streaming, and edge deployment. Unlike Next.js, it compiles away the framework. Your users download plain JavaScript, not a runtime. The API Routes SvelteKit's +server.js files are API endpoints: // src/routes/api/users/+server.ts import { json } from ' @sveltejs/kit ' ; export async function GET ({ url }) { const limit = Number ( url . searchParams . get ( ' limit ' ) ?? 10 ); const users = await db . user . findMany ({ take : limit }); return json ( users ); } export async function POST ({ request }) { const { name , email } = await request . json (); const user = await db . user . create ({ data : { name , email } }); return json ( user , { status : 201 }); } Form Actions: The Killer Feature For
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