The Future of Svelte (Interview with Rich Harris)

In this 45-minute interview, hear Rich Harris (the creator of Svelte) talk about its plans for the future. Other topics include funding open-source, SvelteKit 1.0, the Edge-first future, and more. Interviewed by Lee Robinson, Director of Developer Relations. ◆ Learn Svelte: ◆ Learn SvelteKit: ◆ Deploy SvelteKit to Vercel: 0:00 Introduction 1:10 Rich Harris and Svelte History 4:07 Mind of a framework author 6:45 Why join Vercel? 9:22 The future of Svelte 13:32 Why should I use Svelte or SvelteKit? 15:45 Svelte 4.0 roadmap 24:25 SvelteKit 1.0 roadmap 27:40 How does SvelteKit being edge-first play into the design of the framework? 34:50 Challenges with serverless 38:48 Funding open source 41:48 Conclusion #svelte #sveltekit