Qwik — The JS Framework to Rule Them All?

Guy Erez
4 min readSep 28, 2022
Yet another cat photo — from the official site — https://qwik.builder.io/

Brought to us by the inventor of AngularJS (and a few of his friends),
Qwik seems to be the O(1) JS framework we were all waiting for.

Now, it’s worth mentioning. Qwik won’t solve all of your problems. if you’re working on a data-intensive application that is only available to authenticated users, you might want to look elsewhere. I might be wrong here, and if I am — definitely let me know :)

But, If you’re trying to make your landing pages, blogs, or your company’s public-facing website blazing fast — you’ve come to the right place. Qwik will help you get a perfect SEO score.

Sounds promising right?
But how does Qwik achieve such amazing performance scores?
Let’s take a deeper look at its features:

#1 Zero Loading

There’s no need for hydration. That means that Qwik handles everything over HTML — once the HTML is loaded, which is pretty fast (one might say O(1) fast) — you’re ready to roll. That means that even on weaker devices & slower networks — the site will be blazing fast.

#2 Resumability

This feature is somewhat related to Zero Loading, but can still stand on its own. Since Qwik serializes everything into HTML — both…

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Guy Erez

Software Engineering Team Lead & On a Quest to Help People Live Purpose-Driven Fulfilling Lives