Storybook is actually good now, with Jeppe Reinhold

Storybook is actually good now, with Jeppe Reinhold

From Svelte Radio by Kevin Åberg Kultalahti

October 16, 2025 · 42 min · Episode 84

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Jeppe Reinhold about the improvements in Storybook's Svelte integration and its future direction.

Summary In this episode of Svelt Radio, the hosts welcome Jeppe Reinhold from Chromatic to discuss the dramatic improvements in Storybook's Svelte integration. Jeppe shares how a critical video by Brittany struggling with Storybook setup sparked a complete overhaul of the Svelte experience, leading to better collaboration with the Svelte core team and significant enhancements in functionality. The conversation covers new features like Svelte CSF for writing stories in native Svelte syntax, improved testing capabilities, support for async components, and upcoming features in Storybook 10. The team also discusses the philosophy behind component-driven development, the challenges of integrating with remote functions, and Storybook's future direction including AI support and better theming capabilities. Links Storybook Storybook Svelte Guide addon-svelte-csf Unpopular Opinions Antony: Svelte is an independent project! Don’t throw it in the bin Jeppe: I like GANTT charts Picks Antony: Castles! Brittney: Spain! Jeppe: Tuple

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Åberg Kultalahti

Guest: Jeppe Reinhold

Topics covered

  • Storybook
  • Svelte integration
  • component-driven development
  • testing capabilities
  • async components
  • AI support
  • theming capabilities

Keywords

  • Storybook
  • Svelte
  • component-driven development
  • testing
  • async components
  • AI support
  • theming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chromatic

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