Day 12 Remote Functions: Queries
What if fetching server data felt as natural as calling a local function? Remote Functions make Santa's data pipeline dreams come true — no more threading props through layers of components like tangled Christmas lights!
Declare a query in a .remote.ts file by importing from $app/server, and suddenly you can fetch data right inside your components. During SSR it runs as a regular function; on the client, SvelteKit handles the fetch calls behind the scenes. Your database queries and secrets stay safe on the server — no accidental security leaks like closing over variables in other frameworks!
Combined with Svelte's async features, loading a children's wish list in Santa's workshop dashboard becomes delightfully simple: just await your query inside a $derived and iterate with {#each}. The result? Type-safe, secure, and granular data loading that's easy to reason about.
Validate your inputs with any Standard Schema library like Zod or Valibot for extra safety — because even Santa double-checks the naughty and nice lists!