--- title: My Evaluation of SvelteKit for Full-Stack Web App... description: A hands-on evaluation of SvelteKit (early 2022, pre-1.0) by an experienced React developer. Covers the framework's architecture including its use of Vite,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-evaluation-of-sveltekit-for-full-stack-web-app-development-apabojflr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My Evaluation of SvelteKit for Full-Stack Web App Development | daily.dev og:description: A hands-on evaluation of SvelteKit (early 2022, pre-1.0) by an experienced React developer. Covers the framework's architecture including its use of Vite,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-evaluation-of-sveltekit-for-full-stack-web-app-development-apabojflr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ApAbojfLR.png og:image:alt: My Evaluation of SvelteKit for Full-Stack Web App Development og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My Evaluation of SvelteKit for Full-Stack Web App Development **[Casey Primozic](https://daily.dev/sources/cprimozic)** · 16 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A hands-on evaluation of SvelteKit (early 2022, pre-1.0) by an experienced React developer. Covers the framework's architecture including its use of Vite, esbuild, and polka under the hood, build performance (notably fast), ecosystem maturity concerns, and practical notes from building a full-stack todo app with SQLite. Highlights include excellent DX for TypeScript, HMR, and Sass, while noting pain points around source maps, image preprocessing, transpilation configuration discoverability, and the low adoption of supporting libraries. Concludes with a positive recommendation for personal projects while advising caution for production use until 1.0. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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