My experience with Svelte has been similar. Svelte struck the right DX balance for me between helpful framework tools and features, but not far removed from vanilla JS, HTML, and CSS.
And sure, there is a build step. I have never felt like this was a problem with Svelte, but then I don't have experience working on a colossal Svelte app. Does it become one?
And sure, there is a build step. I have never felt like this was a problem with Svelte, but then I don't have experience working on a colossal Svelte app. Does it become one?