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FeaturedSvelte4 min read

Svelte: Revolutionizing Web Development Since Version 3

Svelte has established itself as a significant force in web development, particularly since the launch of version 3, known for compile-time optimization that minimizes runtime code.

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SCORM3 min read

Dynamically Building and Packaging SCORM Courses with Modern Frontend Frameworks

SCORM has been a foundational eLearning standard since the late 1990s. This blog explores how to dynamically build and package SCORM courses with SvelteKit, Next.js and Nuxt.js.

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Microservices5 min read

Scaling Microservices: Optimizing Performance and Resource Allocation

Microservices architecture revolutionized software development, but the journey doesn’t end at the initial transition. This blog explores the core principles for scaling microservices.

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Svelte4 min read

Svelte 5 – Introducing Runes

In 2019, Svelte 3 turned JavaScript into a reactive language. Svelte 5 changes all that with runes, which unlock universal, fine-grained reactivity — inside and beyond your components.

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Why is Svelte becoming a developers favourite? Part 3

Svelte4 min read

Why is Svelte becoming a developers favourite? (pt 3)

Part 3 explores the motivation behind Custom Elements: microfrontends. We look at how Svelte’s Custom Element API helps break down the frontend monolith across teams.

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Svelte3 min read

Exploring the Exciting Features of Svelte 4

Svelte 4 brought highly anticipated features and fixes to typing, transitions, custom elements, stores and preprocessing — with smaller, faster hydration code and a reduced package size.

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Vue4 min read

Vue vs Svelte: A Comprehensive Comparison of Features

Vue and Svelte are well-liked JavaScript frameworks for building modern web applications, but they vary in approach and design philosophy. A detailed look at the merits and drawbacks of each.

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JavaScript9 min read

Choosing the Right JavaScript Framework: A Comparative Analysis of Vue.js, Svelte, and React.js

The choice between Vue.js, React.js and Svelte often boils down to personal preference and the specific requirements of a project. A comparative analysis of their strengths and weaknesses.

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Software Architecture4 min read

Software architecture – From monoliths to event-driven architecture

Monoliths are great for proving an idea and finding product-market fit, but as teams grow, architectures evolve. A walk from monoliths to microservices to event-driven architecture.

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Software Architecture4 min read

Stories behind the Monolith

Companies want to put software in consumers’ hands as soon as possible, so teams move fast. Those applications, built as a single unit, are often called monoliths — here are the stories behind them.

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Why is Svelte becoming a developers favourite? Part 2

Svelte3 min read

Why is Svelte becoming a developers favourite? (pt 2)

Part 2 of our Svelte journey looks at how Svelte handles state outside of the component hierarchy — the context API and stores, and the three store types: writable, readable and derived.

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Svelte2 min read

Why is Svelte becoming a developers favourite?

September 2022 our Svelte adventure has begun. This blog post is the beginning of a series dedicated to our experiences with the Svelte framework and why it looks so different from React, Vue and Angular.

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Svelte4 min read

Why is Svelte getting so popular?

Since the release of version 3 in April 2019, Svelte has been the news. But why is that? What is driving this popularity? What makes it unique? We answer the questions in this blog post.

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