Recently I gave Svelte a shot after I neglected it for quite some time (just basically tested it out right when it came out but decided that at the time, it wasn't for me).

Boy was I surprised! After working extensively with React and then Vue.js for quite some time, meandering to stuff like gridsome and nuxt.js in the process I was really surprised how amazing Svelte and SvelteKit have become.

Since at my company we are currently bootstrapping a new e-commerce startup I've decided to go with a totally new stack (at least for the MVP) and if this is interesting for you guys, I'm thinking about making a series of posts documenting the journey - so drop me a line or fave this if you like it ;)

The components

Currently I'm not yet 100% sure which components to pick from the selection since we're still evaluating everything for the project but here's the shortlist:

• backend-as-a-service with graphCMS or cosmicJS
• authentication-as-a-service with Auth0
• e-commerce with CommerceLayer or Vendure
• frontend with Svelte
• graphQL and REST for the data

What I absolutely like about Svelte is that components are really readable and since it all boils down to plain vanilla javascript it just feels a lot lighter than Vue or React. I also love that it plays nice with one of our main staples, Tailwind CSS, and that the local dev environment is blazingly fast.