Routing feedback

[Feuerhamster]

When the new Routing was announced, they said they want to collect feedback about the change, so I want to post my feedback here.

I've read a lot of the issues and discussions regarding the new routing.

Here is my personal opinion about it:

I like the directory based routing!

It makes a lot more sense and helps keep files organized.

I don't like the +.

I understand why it is that way, but I want to say a few things about some arguments.

• Some people complain about having the same file names everywhere in their editor tabs. I know about the VS Code setting that shows the directory name next to the file name in the tab. But in my eyes, this is more of a workaround than a solution. And what about the developers who use a different editor than VS Code?
• It was told that they want to use an inclusive RegExp internally rather than an exclusive regex, because some people put components for the routes next to the route files in the /routes directory. But isn't that bad practice? Isn't it like the /routes directory should only contain route files and components should go to a different directory?

My suggestion:

Here is a solution that would also work, provide a better experience for developers using sveltekit, and make more sense and understanding. I have already read this solution from some other users in the discussions and issues, and I am 100% for it.

Instead of the +, just prefix it with the route files with the name of the route/directory.
So routes/contacts/+page.svelte becomes routes/contacts/contacts.page.svelte

This would also solve the editor tab file name problem.

Compromise suggestion:

Just do both / let the user decide what they want to use.

Somewhere it was said that with the new routing, the option to override the default route matching was removed to make the developer experience more consistent. I definitely understand that, and I also understand, that they don't want to make breaking changes again.

So what about keeping the + thing as a default, but if the developer wants it, they can enable in the config what I suggested above?

[kvetoslavnovak]

I have no problem with files names or “+”.
But I believe many many devs would welcome to substitute “+” or “page” keywords with their own using some kind of configuration possibility. E.g. 7206
Svelte has been well known as dev friendly after all.