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i learned vue2 3-4 years ago. should i learn vue3 or svelte instead?

k__ 6y ago
Depends on what you want. I researched tech required in job offers and React was first, running circles around Angular and Vue. Nobody spoke of Svelte
- j-krieger 6y ago
  Where I live, VueJs isn't even mentioned in any job postings. Large companies still work with older Angular projects, new projects are more often than not done in whatever fits the need.
phaedryx 6y ago
Honestly, this https://svelte.dev/faq#how-do-i-test-svelte-apps https://svelte.dev/faq#how-do-i-test-svelte-apps made the decision to choose Vue over Svelte pretty easy for me.
deergomoo 6y ago
You could do both tbh, there’s not much to Svelte (as the name suggests).
davidwparker 6y ago
Honestly, it takes 1/2 a day to read through all the svelte docs and go through the tutorial. It's incredibly easy to use and I've (personally) liked it a lot more than Vue(2).
pier25 6y ago
I started playing with Vue in 2015, even wrote an article [1] about Vue which was pretty popular a couple of years ago (it was hosted on Medium then). These days I'm focused on Svelte. It's faster and lighter, but IMO the best feature is you write a fraction of the code. When I go back to old React or Vue projects I want to cry. Svelte is so much more zen. OTOH the ecosystem is minuscule so you are on your own. The support for TS and testing is not great either. Svelte is easy to learn but it's not very popular yet. I would understand if someone argued it's a risky bet although I'm building my SaaS with it. [1] https://www.pierbover.com/posts/vuejs-good-meh-ugly/ https://www.pierbover.com/posts/vuejs-good-meh-ugly/
dbrueck 6y ago
Maybe take both for a brief spin, but my vote would be for svelte. I used vue2 about the same timeframe as you (stumbled upon it while trying to find alternatives to React or whatever) and really liked it a lot. About a year ago I had to tackle a few new web projects so I decided to give React/Angular/etc another look... and promptly went hunting for alternatives again, and that's how I found svelte. We've got 5-6 svelte-based projects in production now and have really, really enjoyed it. All that said, I haven't looked at vue3 in depth yet, so maybe it's amazing, I dunno. :)
duhi88 6y ago
If you know Vue 2, Vue 3 will be easy to learn, as well. There are some more advanced features you can choose to use if you want, but I guarantee you could pick it up really fast. This isn't an AngularJS -> Angular sorta change. Also, give it a few more months before building anything non-trivial. Some of the more popular libraries for Vue 2 still need to up updated for Vue 3 (vue-router, vuex, for instance).

k__ 6y ago

Depends on what you want. I researched tech required in job offers and React was first, running circles around Angular and Vue. Nobody spoke of Svelte

j-krieger 6y ago
Where I live, VueJs isn't even mentioned in any job postings. Large companies still work with older Angular projects, new projects are more often than not done in whatever fits the need.

phaedryx 6y ago

Honestly, this https://svelte.dev/faq#how-do-i-test-svelte-apps https://svelte.dev/faq#how-do-i-test-svelte-apps made the decision to choose Vue over Svelte pretty easy for me.

deergomoo 6y ago

You could do both tbh, there’s not much to Svelte (as the name suggests).

davidwparker 6y ago

Honestly, it takes 1/2 a day to read through all the svelte docs and go through the tutorial. It's incredibly easy to use and I've (personally) liked it a lot more than Vue(2).

pier25 6y ago

I started playing with Vue in 2015, even wrote an article [1] about Vue which was pretty popular a couple of years ago (it was hosted on Medium then). These days I'm focused on Svelte. It's faster and lighter, but IMO the best feature is you write a fraction of the code. When I go back to old React or Vue projects I want to cry. Svelte is so much more zen. OTOH the ecosystem is minuscule so you are on your own. The support for TS and testing is not great either. Svelte is easy to learn but it's not very popular yet. I would understand if someone argued it's a risky bet although I'm building my SaaS with it. [1] https://www.pierbover.com/posts/vuejs-good-meh-ugly/ https://www.pierbover.com/posts/vuejs-good-meh-ugly/

dbrueck 6y ago

Maybe take both for a brief spin, but my vote would be for svelte. I used vue2 about the same timeframe as you (stumbled upon it while trying to find alternatives to React or whatever) and really liked it a lot. About a year ago I had to tackle a few new web projects so I decided to give React/Angular/etc another look... and promptly went hunting for alternatives again, and that's how I found svelte. We've got 5-6 svelte-based projects in production now and have really, really enjoyed it. All that said, I haven't looked at vue3 in depth yet, so maybe it's amazing, I dunno. :)

duhi88 6y ago

If you know Vue 2, Vue 3 will be easy to learn, as well. There are some more advanced features you can choose to use if you want, but I guarantee you could pick it up really fast. This isn't an AngularJS -> Angular sorta change. Also, give it a few more months before building anything non-trivial. Some of the more popular libraries for Vue 2 still need to up updated for Vue 3 (vue-router, vuex, for instance).