3 ms·
Server side rendering is different from serving static HTML or template generated HTML.
by patmorgan23 3y ago
Server side rendering is different from serving static HTML or template generated HTML.
- madeofpalk 3y agoWhat's the difference between "Server side rendering" or "template generated HTML"? Stuff like React is just fancy HTML templates.
- JimDabell 3y agoThey are the same thing. Template-generated HTML has been called server-side rendering for decades. People immersed in development using front-end JavaScript frameworks have been sufficiently isolated from server-side rendering for long enough that it’s a foreign concept. A recent optimisation in front-end frameworks is to generate the initial HTML on the server instead of sending an empty shell that does nothing but load the JavaScript application. As you point out, this is just server-side rendering, which is a very old concept. However, if you have spent the majority of your time with front-end frameworks, “SSR” is a new concept that has recently been invented, not that old thing that people used to do before front-end JavaScript frameworks took over the world.