Tech / SoftwareDepth 1 · Intermediate
Server-Side Rendering (SSR)
The server builds the full page before sending it to the browser
SSR generates HTML on the server and sends a fully rendered page to the client. This improves initial load performance and SEO compared to client-side rendering, where JavaScript builds the page in the browser.
Mental modelPre-render before delivery
Where you'll encounter this
- →Frameworks like Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit
- →SEO optimization
- →Performance tuning
- →Hybrid rendering strategies
What breaks when this is misunderstood
- ✕Slow server response times
- ✕Mismatch between server and client rendering (hydration errors)
- ✕Overloading backend resources
- ✕Caching issues
Signals this concept is in play
- ◆HTML returned fully populated
- ◆Faster first contentful paint
- ◆Hydration warnings in console
- ◆Server logs for page rendering
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