## Intro to Svelte Yet another frontend shiny thing? --- ### What is it? UI framework Compiled, not runtime No virtual DOM --- ### Move the work out of the browser, into the compiler  --- ### What's a virtual DOM? concept where an ideal, or “virtual”, representation of a UI is kept in memory and synced with the “real” DOM by a library such as ReactDOM. This process is called reconciliation. ---  https://blog.logrocket.com/what-virtual-dom-react/ --- ### Svelte's alternative: write nice declarative code ↓ _compile it_ ↓ ugly efficient imperative code ↓ _give it to the browser_