Sveltelette

CLI tool for simplifying development of small Svelte apps

Overview

Let's say you have a folder full of .svelte files and you want to turn each one into an .html document. There wasn't really a good way to do it. There still isn't, but now there is an OK way to do it.

Installation

npm install -g sveltelette

Usage

When inside the folder you want to compile, just run:

sveltelette

Press q to stop the server.

Example

$ ls
foo.svelte bar/baz.svelte

$ sveltelette
Starting server on port 8080
Server started. Press q to quit

In a web browser, go to http://localhost:8080/foo.html or http://localhost:8080/bar/baz.html to see the result.

Configuration

$ sveltelette [-p PORT] [COMMAND]

-p or --port: Server port (default 8080)

COMMAND: either build (compiles the files into static files) or serve (runs the development server) (default serve)

Motivation

I am not a web developer, but I make a lot of small websites for helping with simple tasks. I have never found a framework or tool that really felt like it fit into the way that I like to write and organize my code.

When I first encountered Svelte, I liked the way it looked, but quickly became frustrated trying to use it. It seems like it was mainly designed for single-page apps, which is not what I like to make. SvelteKit seemed like the solution at first, but the thought of an editor where every single file is named +page.svelte quickly ended that.

Maybe someone else has a brain that works like mine. Shoutout to ric2b on reddit for being the only other person that I could find that had a similar problem.