JSJ 371: The Benefits and Challenges of Server-Side Rendering (SSR) with Dan Shappir

JavaScript Jabber

English - July 02, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 241 ratings
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Panel

Charles Max Wood
Joe Eames
Christopher Buecheler
Aimee Knight
AJ O’Neal

Joined by special guest: Dan Shappir

Episode Summary

In this episode of JavaScript Jabber, special guest Dan Shappir, Performance Tech Lead at Wix, kicks off the discussion by defining server-side rendering (SSR) along with giving its historical background, and touches on the differences between server rendering and server-side rendering. He helps listeners understand in detail how SSR is beneficial for the web and takes questions from the panel about how it affects web performance in cases where first-time users and returning users are involved, and how does SSR fare against technologies such as pre-rendering. He then elaborates on the pitfalls and challenges of SSR including managing and declaring variables, memory leaks, performance issues, handling SEO, and more, along with ways to mitigate them. In the end, Dan sheds some light on when should developers use SSR and how should they start working with it.

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