JavaScript Framework Cage Match
summary
Built a Hacker News clone called Brazilian nut news across Next, Remix, Astro, SvelteKit and Redwood to compare real tradeoffs. Uses Tailwind, Supabase, Prisma, Storybook and Vercel; much front-end React is reusable. Findings: Redwood’s single-file routes.js router and built‑in auth/cells and generators speed full‑stack work; Next is the only one with React Server Components in production; Astro auto‑routes MD/MDX and suits content sites; SvelteKit simplifies state; Remix’s loader/action model handles server data/forms. Notable metric: projects on Redwood helped raise over $100M and one app reports 9 million games played.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Welcome and introduction
- 3:00About RedwoodJS
- 7:12Brazilian Nut News app
- 13:15What makes a framework
- 16:24Router comparison
- 26:07CRUD operations
- 38:24Rendering methods
- 42:16Developer experience
- 45:17Middleware and longevity
- 50:03Which framework to choose
- 55:17Final advice and resources
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