ClaudiaGiv

ClaudiaGiv

SSR explained in SvelteKit

Hi all,

I recently started working with Svelte and created a small app with SvelteKit in order to understand better the framework. I have a few questions about this framework to witch I haven’t found any direct answers on any source/documentation and maybe you can help me with some answers/explanations. So here it goes:

  1. SvelteKit has SSR and in the documentation it says: “All server-side code, including endpoints, has access to fetch in case you need to request data from external APIs.”
    a. What code is server side rendered besides endpoints and how it decides this? All the code from scripts from svelte pages runs on client side or some of it runs on server side?
    b. In order to make use of SSR locally you need an adapter for it or svelte starts a server on its own?
    c. How the SSR works on a prod environment like Netlify for example. The netlify adapter is used for SSR (running the endpoints in a netlify function) ? If a netlify adapter is not provided, how/where would the endpoints run?
  2. If I want to use custom netlify functions in a sveltekit project what configurations are needed (besides netlify.toml and netlify adapter) in order for netlify to recognize the functions from inside the functions directory?
  3. What is the difference here between SSR and prerendering? SSR is used only for endpoints and other js code and prerendering is used for generarting the html to send it to the client which will then be hydrated, with the compiled js code, also sent to the browser?

Hope is not too much and the questions are not too trivial. Still trying to understand better the JS frameworks to keep up with the progress in the JS world.

Thanks!

Most Liked

AstonJ

AstonJ

Did you manage to find an answer after Claudia?

Not sure if it’s any help but just noticed these tutorials in SvelteKit:

Playlist:

Where Next?

Popular Frontend topics Top

DevotionGeo
Dart is not the first language with that mistake, but it’s newer. It shouldn’t have repeated this mistake.
New
First poster: bot
Why do ARM chips have an instruction with Javascript in the name (FJCVTZS)?. FJCVTZS is “Floating-point Javascript Convert to Signed fix...
New
MikhailPertsev
Finally, I am going to enhance my css skills! I have always somehow ignored this, but now I finally decided to understand animations, tr...
New
mrmurphy
The situation Hi there! I’m working on a live view app right now that encrypts sensitive user content (text and images) using the browser...
New
KnowledgeIsPower
It seems it is going to change, currently they forked Next.JS. Now they want to stop forking it and change their project direction.
New
harwind
Why does the image in my <img> tag appear larger than its specified width within a flex container? Here’s my HTML and CSS code: HT...
New
riyajohnson
When it comes to selecting a framework for a development project, it’s crucial to make an informed decision. With so many options availab...
New
jaeyson
Hi Elixir and React friends! I read a post (Stephen Bussey - React in LiveView: How and Why?) on use case for reaching react for complex...
New
zoosky
Hi! After working hard on this side project (a Rust based Markdown CMS for humans and agents) and reaching a level, where the product can...
New
Amzy31
Charlex WebOS: A Zero-Trust Web Page as an Operating System Experience a fun and innovative web-based operating system simulation crafte...
New

Other popular topics Top

PragmaticBookshelf
Andy and Dave wrote this influential, classic book to help their clients create better software and rediscover the joy of coding. Almost ...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Rust is an exciting new programming language combining the power of C with memory safety, fearless concurrency, and productivity boosters...
New
AstonJ
I ended up cancelling my Moonlander order as I think it’s just going to be a bit too bulky for me. I think the Planck and the Preonic (o...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Learn different ways of writing concurrent code in Elixir and increase your application's performance, without sacrificing scalability or...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Build highly interactive applications without ever leaving Elixir, the way the experts do. Let LiveView take care of performance, scalabi...
New
Margaret
Hello everyone! This thread is to tell you about what authors from The Pragmatic Bookshelf are writing on Medium.
1147 29994 760
New
AnfaengerAlex
Hello, I’m a beginner in Android development and I’m facing an issue with my project setup. In my build.gradle.kts file, I have the foll...
New
AstonJ
This is a very quick guide, you just need to: Download LM Studio: https://lmstudio.ai/ Click on search Type DeepSeek, then select the o...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Overarching tutorial for Python beginner and intermediate developers that teaches web development with the Flask framework. Miguel Gr...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Write elegant Ruby code—not just correct, but idiomatic. Go beyond the vocabulary and syntax and learn to express yourself with eloquence...
New