Svelte VS Alpine.js

Tauri is a cross-platform desktop application framework that allows developers to use familiar web technologies (like HTML, CSS, JS, and frameworks such as Vue.js, Svelte, React, SolidJS, Angular, Preact, etc.) to easily build desktop applications.

Multiple checkbox inputs can be handled with Svelte as well via bind-group={stateObj} - but there is still an open discussion about how to use it correctly with $state.

This was an experiment to learn Svelte <https://svelte.dev/>. So the information shown, such as whether the year is in fact a perfect square, should update dynamically as you cross into 2025.

Svelte - no recommended usage on GH for pure Svelte, although you would need to use $effect with .then() instead of async. Svelte 4 uses stores, which would follow the same unrecommended pattern inside the store. See Svelte 5 with Firebase

SvelteKit as frontend framework

Svelte

When I first accepted this feature, I did not realize that I would have to work with something completely new to me: Svelte, an open-source component-based front-end framework! This came as a shock to me as I opened the ChatInput component and realized that this was a file where there was TypeScript code, HTML elements, and styles all in the same file!

It took longer to migrate to Svelte 5 than I had expected. I still have not pushed this new version to production, though. The updates to Svelte 5 are still coming in with quite high frequency.

In this tutorial, we'll build Authvents with Svelte, an event booking platform, and integrate FACEIO for biometric authentication, allowing users to sign in and access ticket dashboards securely with facial recognition.

More details can be found in Svelte Github page

As usual, there are a few possibilities here; one is to render both the with the title, and a form with for each row, and use plain Javascript (or AlpineJS) to toggle edit mode.

That's why I grew fond of libraries such as Alpine.js and htmx, which require no setup and are easy to use. However, I felt these had some limitations. Since they were mostly designed for client-side usage, it wasn't really possible to use them in server-side rendering contexts (including static generation).

In fact, it is really good as an alternative to modules like htmx and alpine.js, because it allows you to create dynamic interfaces with a minimum set of configurable parameters, as well as the size of the output files. This is achieved by working with the server, when we prepare the UI there, and we only transfer it to the client via API.

It is created by Caleb Porzio (the guy behind Livewire and AlpineJS), Sushi simplifies your data when a full database table is unnecessary.

Here's a step-by-step example of creating a simple carousel using Alpine.js. Alpine.js is a lightweight JavaScript framework that provides reactivity and can be used to build interactive components without a lot of JavaScript.

The web app was made using AlpineJS for interactivity, TailwindCSS for styling, Clerk for user authentication, and Vercel for deployments. This stack allowed me to quickly build and deploy an MVP within 24 hours.

Alpine.js is another lightweight JavaScript framework used to add interactivity. It plays nicely with Django’s template structure and provides quick, declarative behavior for things like modals, dropdowns, or toggles. In combination with HTMX, Alpine can give you just enough JavaScript to enhance the UX without having to deal with something like React or Vue. For instance, you can use Alpine to manage state in the frontend, like opening and closing modals or handling client-side validation.

That’s a mostly solved problem. If you’re in the Laravel ecosystem:

https://livewire.laravel.com/

https://alpinejs.dev/

AlpineJS is for your menus and simple client-side interactivity. Livewire lets you render templates server-side while handling routing, interactivity, updates, morphing, everything you need all in one.

Combine the two, you’ll be counting the lines of JavaScript you right in the dozens, on one hand.

This post is part of a series comparing different ways to implement asynchronous requests on the client, which is colloquially known as AJAX. I dedicated the previous post to Vue.js; I'll dedicate this one to Alpine.js - not to be confused with Alpine Linux.

We must recognize the benefits that client-side rendering offers, but perhaps the pendulum has swung too far. Is it possible to have the best of both worlds? In some corners of the industry, cooler heads have prevailed, and the term SSR has been coined to describe a return to what we've been doing for ages—albeit with some modern enhancements. The idea is to leverage AJAX, JavaScript, and browser improvements without the unnecessary bloat. While many tools are available, I frequently hear about Vue. js and HTMX. A recent search also led me to Alpine.js. And I've long been a proponent of Vaadin.