Yeah, the "new" usage of the term, where it describes the location of page generation, doesn't seem all that helpful. If you generate a file that's mostly html

Yeah, the "new" usage of the term, where it describes the location of page generation, doesn't seem all that helpful. If you generate a file that's mostly html (with maybe a bit of JS mixed in), you have something that serves and renders fast even on lesser machines. That has always been the important distinction to me. Edit: Just to be clear, I'm not saying web pages should be mostly statically generated html with a bit of JS. The point is that someone developing a web app shouldn't normally be concerned about whether or not it's static.