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Published inDec 2023
Reading LevelIntermediate
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ISBN-139781804616031
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Tan Li Hau
Tan Li Hau
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Tan Li Hau

Tan Li Hau is a frontend developer at Shopee and a core maintainer of Svelte. He has delivered multiple conference talks and workshops on Svelte. Passionate about sharing his knowledge, Li Hau regularly contributes to the community through blog posts, YouTube videos, and books. He aspires to inspire others to explore and learn about Svelte and other modern web technologies.
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Rendering different HTML element or component types

In any dynamic application, there comes a time when you need even more flexibility than what static components or elements offer. What if you don’t know the type of element or component you’ll need to render until runtime?

Let’s imagine that you’re building a form generator, and the type of form field – whether it’s <Input>, <Checkbox>, or <Select> – is determined by dynamic data. How could you switch between these components seamlessly, especially when they share the same set of props?

One straightforward approach is to use Svelte’s {#if} blocks to conditionally render the component you need. Here is an example code snippet:

<script>
  import Input from './Input.svelte';
  import Checkbox from './Checkbox.svelte';
  import Select from './Select.svelte';
  let type = "input...
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Tan Li Hau

Tan Li Hau is a frontend developer at Shopee and a core maintainer of Svelte. He has delivered multiple conference talks and workshops on Svelte. Passionate about sharing his knowledge, Li Hau regularly contributes to the community through blog posts, YouTube videos, and books. He aspires to inspire others to explore and learn about Svelte and other modern web technologies.
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