Svelte for Beginners: A Beginner’s Guide to Building Web Applications

Svelte is a popular JavaScript framework for building web applications. Thanks to some tricks it is lightweight and easy to use, making it a great option for beginners. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at how to set up Svelte and give code samples for working with forms, reactive states, and stores.

Setting up Svelte

To get started, you’ll need to have Node.js installed on your machine. Once you have Node.js installed, you can use Vite to create a new Svelte project:

npm create vite@latest my-svelte-app -- --template svelte

This will create a new directory called my-svelte-app and initialize it with the Svelte template. Next, navigate to the new directory and install the necessary dependencies:

cd my-svelte-app
npm install

Now that you have your project set up, you can start the development server using…