Beginning Server-Side Application Development with Angular

Server-Side and Client-Side Rendering

When we talk about server-side rendering of websites, we are generally referring to an application or website that uses a programming language that runs on a server. On this server, the web pages are created (rendered) and the output of that rendering (the HTML) is sent to the browser, where it can be displayed directly.

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The code bundle for this book is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/TrainingByPackt/Beginning-Server-Side-Application-Development-with-Angular

When we talk about client-side rendering, we are generally referring to an application or website that uses JavaScript running in the browser to display (render) the pages. There is often a single page that is downloaded, with a JavaScript file ...