What does server side rendering mean?

Answer 1

Hiya, basically server side rendering means that instead of the browser compiling the webpage, the server compiles it and then sends a completed webpage straight to the browser allowing the user to view the page faster. This really makes a difference for sites with dynamic data. Using a blog as a an example, each post isn't it's own html file, instead there is a blog post template that contains the layout of the page, then the data (text, meta, images, etc) is injected into the template by the server. Going further in depth of how this works I would recommend giving the article I linked below a read!

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Article: https://www.educative.io/edpresso/what-is-server-side-rendering