Qwik - The Fastest Web Framework of 2023

At Bessel Studio, we've achieved a quantum leap by developing web solutions with the new technologies that have emerged in recent years. In this article, we'll tell you about Qwik, the fastest web framework of 2023.

What is Qwik, does it really offer instant performance?

Qwik is a new type of web framework that can deliver instantly loading web applications of any size or complexity. Your sites and applications can start with approximately 1kb of JS (regardless of application complexity) and achieve consistent performance at scale.

Why is it called Qwik?

Originally, it was called qoot, but they thought it would be too difficult to search for. A friend of theirs, @patrickjs__, came up with Qwik and, after an internal survey at builder.io, they changed it!

How is Qwik different from other frameworks?

Qwik is the first framework that has a DX (Developer Experience) similar to React, Vue, or Svelte in how you create components, while offering live HTML that is instantly interactive. Qwik achieves this property by completely eliminating the need for hydration. Instead, Qwik applications immediately execute event handlers on user interaction, without having to boot up the entire application state. This technique is called resumability.

The result is that developers write extremely performant applications by default, without even worrying about it. Applications developed with Qwik are fast regardless of the number of components or complexity, they are O(1) (constant time) in terms of JS payload.

Why another framework?

The short answer is that Qwik solves a problem that other frameworks cannot solve. Qwik has instant startup performance, no matter how complex the application is. Qwik applications deliver the same amount of initial JS regardless of the number of components. Qwik is the first open-source O(1) framework.

What is Qwik City?

Qwik City is just an additional set of APIs on top of Qwik. Think of it as Qwik as the core and City as the additional APIs (routing, data loading, endpoints, etc.). We call it a meta-framework for Qwik. Qwik City is to Qwik what Next.js is to React, what Nuxt is to Vue, or SvelteKit to Svelte.

Is Qwik difficult to learn?

Qwik is designed with React (and other JSX-based frameworks) in mind, ensuring it's easy to learn and promotes rapid productivity. Developing components is practically the same as React, and routing is inspired by Next.js and others.

However, there are fundamentally new concepts to learn, such as resumability and fine-grained reactivity, but we believe the learning curve is not steep.

Why use Qwik?

There are many reasons to choose Qwik for your next web project:

• Instant performance: Qwik offers instant performance, regardless of the size or complexity of your application. This is due to its resumability technique, which eliminates the need for hydration.
• Easy to learn: Qwik is designed with React in mind, so it's easy to learn and use if you're already familiar with React.
• Highly scalable: Qwik is highly scalable and can handle web applications of any size.
• Open source: Qwik is an open-source project, so you can contribute to its development and use its code for free.

If you're looking for a web solution that loads instantly.