Before we dive into the updates, there’s a few announcements worth mentioning at the top:

New Svelte Ambassadors (#New-Svelte-Ambassadors)Regular features of this newsletter and all-around great content creators for Svelte JoyOfCode (https://www.youtube.com/@JoyofCodeDev) and HuntaByte (https://www.youtube.com/@Huntabyte) have been appointed as Svelte Ambassadors. Ambassadors are people who are well known for their helpfulness and contributions and for upholding Svelte’s reputation as a friendly, welcoming community, and we’re deeply grateful for their involvement!

SvelteHack winners will be announced May 6th (#SvelteHack-winners-will-be-announced-May-6th)In a just a few days, we’ll find out who won SvelteHack (https://hack.sveltesociety.dev/) - the Svelte Hackathon that took place between February 17th and April 17th. Tune in to Svelte Summit (https://www.sveltesummit.com/) on May 6th to see if your favorite project was chosen 👀

Lots of submissions to the hackathon are featured in this month’s showcase… but first, let’s see what’s new!

What’s new in Svelte (#What’s-new-in-Svelte)

• style blocks now support CSS @container queries (3.58.0)

• bind:innerText is now available for contenteditable elements (3.58.0)

• A new accessability warning, a11y-interactive-supports-focus will now warn when interactive elements are not focusable (3.58.0)

For all the changes to the Svelte compiler, including unreleased changes, check out the CHANGELOG (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).

What’s new in SvelteKit (#What’s-new-in-SvelteKit)

• When hot module reloading (HMR) is enabled, the page will reload after an error is fixed (1.14.0, #9497 (https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/9497))

• Two apps loaded into the same html page can now be loaded simultaneously in “embedded” mode (1.15.7, #9610 (https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/9610))

• Vite’s compilation will now log warnings for packages that use the svelte field to resolve Svelte files differently than standard Vite resolve (vite-plugin-svelte@2.1.0, kit@1.15.8)

What’s new in Language Tools (#What’s-new-in-Language-Tools)

• Support for svelte:document (#1958 (https://github.com/sveltejs/language-tools/pull/1958)) and intellisense report for new bindings (#1957 (https://github.com/sveltejs/language-tools/pull/1957)) (107.3.0)

• The new fix-all menu option for the “Quick fix…” makes it easy to “Add all missing imports” and other detected errors (107.3.0, #1939 (https://github.com/sveltejs/language-tools/pull/1939))

• We have a new and better official ESLint plugin (https://github.com/sveltejs/eslint-plugin-svelte)! Previous support for Svelte in ESLint did not handle the template AST well, resulting in false positive/negatives and a high barrier to custom ESLint rules. This new official version is based on ota-meshi (https://github.com/ota-meshi)'s svelte-eslint-parser (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte-eslint-parser) and is ready for prime time. Try it out and share your feedback (https://github.com/sveltejs/eslint-plugin-svelte/issues)!

Community Showcase (#Community-Showcase)Apps & Sites built with Svelte (#Community-Showcase-Apps-Sites-built-with-Svelte)

• Sound of War (https://soundofwar.art/) is a storytelling data visualization project to help understand the scale of destruction in Ukraine

• Syntax FM’s swag shop (https://swag.syntax.fm/) is now built with SvelteKit, PlanetScale and Prisma

• Appreciation Jar (https://appreciation.place/) is your own private space where you can send encouraging and appreciative messages to your partner

• Japanese Jouzu (https://jp-jouzu.netlify.app/) is a Japanese sound and symbol learning app

• MarkMyImages (https://www.markmyimages.com/) is a tool to bulk watermark, image resize, rename, effects, and more - all on-device for speed and privacy

• Immich (https://github.com/immich-app/immich) is a self-hosted photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone

• Earbetter (https://github.com/ryanatkn/earbetter) is an ear training game and tools for playing and programming music and audio

• Tune Twisters (https://tune-twisters.vercel.app/) is a guessing game for songs… in reverse

• ResponseHunt (https://www.responsehunt.com/) is a mystery game based on browser requests - use your programming skills to get to the “golden” response

• Wolfensvelte 3D (https://github.com/snuffyDev/Wolfensvelte-3D/) is a Svelte “port” of Wolfenstein 3D

• Code Solving (https://code-svelte.vercel.app/) teaches how to solve problems with code

• Make Bookmarklets (https://make-bookmarklets.com/) is a quick way to create JavaScript bookmarklets with linting, intellisense and auto-minification

• GeniePM (https://genie.pm) is an AI tool to help Product Managers write user stories and requirements

• Bitesized News (https://bitesized.news/) is an AI that delivers news digests and responds to questions via chat

• Open Tunings (https://www.open-tunings.com/) is a place to explore alternative guitar tunings without having to retune your guitar

• BlinkSMS (https://blinksms.se/#) is a text alert tool for Stockholm Student Housing to help with booking laundry times

• Dev Links (https://github.com/killswitchh/dev-links) helps dev showcase multiple links in a single place - similar to Linktree and Kofi

• Audiogest (https://audiogest.app/) is a tool to convert speech to text & summarize any audio

• MineSweep (https://alecames.com/minesweep) is a rendition of Minesweeper built with Svelte and JavaScript

• Biolytics (https://biolytics.app/) lets you import your lab tests to see all your lab tests in one place

• Zero share (https://github.com/ntsd/zero-share) is a secure P2P file sharing using WebRTC

• Svelte lab (https://www.sveltelab.dev/) is a sandbox for creating and sharing SvelteKit projects

Learning Resources (#Community-Showcase-Learning-Resources)Featuring Svelte Contributors and Ambassadors

• Dev Vlog: April 2023 - TypeScript vs JSDoc, Transitions API, Dominic Gannaway joins Svelte team (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJHO6FSioPI)

• Rich Harris on frameworks, the web, and the edge. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXCipjbcQfM) from Vercel’s Svelte Meetup in NYC

• Svelte & SvelteKit (https://frontendmasters.com/workshops/svelte-sveltekit/) taught by Rich Harris on Frontend Masters

• This Week in Svelte:

• 2023 March 31 - SvelteKit, Svelte; static sites and headless CMS demos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YjLubiieYs)

• 2023 April 22 - SvelteKit 1.15.7, skip links, error handling, static assets (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCMosMo85_8)

• 2023 April 14 - SvelteKit 1.15.5, accessible buttons, advanced toggle state 🧪🔥 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2kOO5mvUQs)

• 2023 April 21 - SvelteKit 1.15.7, skip links, error handling, static assets (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCMosMo85_8)

• Svelte Radio

• Using Svelte in React with Puru Vijay (https://www.svelteradio.com/episodes/using-svelte-in-react-with-puru-vijay)

• Eric Brehault and Nuclia (https://www.svelteradio.com/episodes/eric-brehault-and-nuclia)

• Svelte at AppWrite with Alex Patterson (https://www.svelteradio.com/episodes/svelte-at-appwrite-with-alex-patterson)

• Svelte in Research at Dartmouth with Wasita and Eshin (https://www.svelteradio.com/episodes/svelte-in-research-at-dartmouth-with-wasita-and-eshin)

To Watch

• The Complete SvelteKit Course For Building Modern Web Apps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoGkX4RvZ38) and Simple SvelteKit Page Transitions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkw1wFIXM_8) by Joy of Code

• Svelte For React Developers | Your Next JavaScript Framework? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smqE0y0z0CA) by Cretezy

• Svelte & SvelteKit: The Complete Guide (https://www.udemy.com/course/svelte-and-sveltekit/?ranMID=39197&ranEAID=msYS1Nvjv4c&ranSiteID=msYS1Nvjv4c-oN6aTXp3jgDgUps8JCGxcg&LSNPUBID=msYS1Nvjv4c&utm_source=aff-campaign&utm_medium=udemyads) by Ali Alaa on Udemy

• ChatGPT-4 with SvelteKit 🤖 Generative AI on the EDGE 🌍 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw5GZg96kD8) by Johnny Magrippis

To Read

• Headless WordPress with GraphQL and SvelteKit (https://www.okupter.com/blog/headless-wordpress-graphql-sveltekit) and How to fix the duplicate meta tags issue in SvelteKit (https://www.okupter.com/blog/sveltekit-fix-duplicate-metatags-issue) by Justin Ahinon

• How to setup tRPC in a SvelteKit project (https://raqueebuddinaziz.com/blog/how-to-setup-trpc-in-a-sveltekit-project/) by Raqueebuddin Aziz

• Better Data Visualizations with Svelte (https://www.newline.co/courses/better-data-visualizations-with-svelte/welcome) by newline

• Offline App with SvelteKit + SQLite Part 1: Setup WebAssembly SQLite (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvnzwp72Ze8) by hartenfellerdev

Libraries, Tools & Components (#Community-Showcase-Libraries-Tools-Components)

• Sveltris (https://github.com/mokshit06/sveltris) lets you intermix UI primitives like components, and state primitives like hooks between frameworks, without even noticing

• SwiftMarket (https://github.com/SwiftMarket/swiftmarket-sveltekit) is an E-Commerce solution built with SvelteKit, Pocketbase as a database and Stripe for payments

• Svelegante (https://www.npmjs.com/package/svelegante) is a Classy writable store for Svelte

• Table Generator (https://www.table-generator.de/) lets you create, design and customize your own tables tables online using a graphical editor

• Svelte Animated Headline (https://www.npmjs.com/package/svelte-animated-headline) is an animated headline component that can grab attention in an informative way

• SvelteKit Music App Example (https://github.com/tguelcan/music) demonstrates how to connect and process data as well as some practical examples of how to develop frontend components with TailwindCSS

• Socio (https://www.npmjs.com/package/socio) is a WebSocket Real-Time Communication (RTC) API framework to connect your front-end logic to a back-end database reactively

• Flowbite Svelte (https://flowbite-svelte.com/) is an official Flowbite component library for Svelte

• Wundergraph (https://wundergraph.com/blog/introducing_svelte_query_client), a backend for frontend framework, just released their Svelte Query client

• Lucia (https://lucia-auth.com/blog/lucia-1) just reached 1.0 for their simple and flexible auth library for SvelteKit

• svelte-stepper (https://github.com/efstajas/svelte-stepper) is a simple library for building animated stepper flows with Svelte

As always, feel free to let us know if we missed anything on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/sveltejs/) or Discord (https://discord.gg/svelte).

See ya next time!