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Expand Up @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Don't worry if you don't know Svelte yet! You can ignore all the nice features S

## Alternatives to SvelteKit

You can also use Svelte directly with Vite by running `npm create vite@latest` and selecting the `svelte` option. With this, `npm run build` will generate HTML, JS, and CSS files inside the `dist` directory using [vite-plugin-svelte](https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte). In most cases, you will probably need to [choose a routing library](/packages#routing) as well.
You can also use Svelte directly with Vite via [vite-plugin-svelte](https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte) by running `npm create vite@latest` and selecting the `svelte` option (or, if working with an existing project, adding the plugin to your `vite.config.js` file). With this, `npm run build` will generate HTML, JS, and CSS files inside the `dist` directory. In most cases, you will probably need to [choose a routing library](/packages#routing) as well.

>[!NOTE] Vite is often used in standalone mode to build [single page apps (SPAs)](../kit/glossary#SPA), which you can also [build with SvelteKit](../kit/single-page-apps).

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The Svelte team maintains a [VS Code extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=svelte.svelte-vscode), and there are integrations with various other [editors](https://sveltesociety.dev/collection/editor-support-c85c080efc292a34) and tools as well.

You can also check your code from the command line using [`sv check`](https://github.com/sveltejs/cli).
You can also check your code from the command line using [`npx sv check`](https://svelte.dev/docs/cli/sv-check).


## Getting help
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