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I would say a static website is just one that doesn't do any extra work on the client to generate the content. Either SSR or just plain HTML files
by gsck 2y ago
I would say a static website is just one that doesn't do any extra work on the client to generate the content. Either SSR or just plain HTML files
- oneeyedpigeon 2y agoThe trouble is defining what "the content" means. Are you saying "no JS" — if so, just say so! Otherwise, how are you distinguishing between "content" and ... "other stuff"?
- bccdee 2y agoA dynamic website is generated by the server in response to client queries. Static websites—pre-existing flat html files served as-is to viewers—came first, then PHP and CGI made dynamic websites possible & popular. SSR is the very definition of a dynamic website. Client-side scripting came after dynamic websites, but it is not technically, in and of itself, "dynamic."