This provides login and registration functions that are modelled on those in Solid react-components but using the Svelte framework.
Live demos deployed to:
A Svelte app is built using Sapper (Github). It can be bundled using Rollup or webpack. I have used Rollup.
Sapper expects to find two directories in the root of your project — src
and static
.
The src directory contains the entry points for your app — client.js
, server.js
and (optionally) a service-worker.js
— along with a template.html
file and a routes
directory.
This is the heart of your Sapper app. There are two kinds of routes — pages, and server routes.
Pages are Svelte components written in .svelte
files. When a user first visits the application, they will be served a server-rendered version of the route in question, plus some JavaScript that 'hydrates' the page and initialises a client-side router. From that point forward, navigating to other pages is handled entirely on the client for a fast, app-like feel. (Sapper will preload and cache the code for these subsequent pages, so that navigation is instantaneous.)
Server routes are modules written in .js
files, that export functions corresponding to HTTP methods. Each function receives Express request
and response
objects as arguments, plus a next
function. This is useful for creating a JSON API, for example.
The static directory contains any static assets that should be available. These are served using sirv.
I have a personal preference for structuring apps in terms of use-cases. Each svelte component under src/routes is a template that loads the relevant use-case. The use-cases are based on verbs: