Ember.js Cookbook

Using server side rendering

Ember.js runs in the browser. It uses JavaScript to handle all the routing and rendering of data. It only talks to the server on the initial page load and to retrieve JSON data. This can have some limitations. Larger applications might take longer to load on slower connections and there is still some concern around search engine optimization.

To help alleviate these concerns, the Ember team created FastBoot. FastBoot is an Ember CLI add-on that allows Ember.js to render and serve applications on the server. It's a work in progress as of writing this and has some limitations. It's not recommended for production and doesn't work with jQuery or didInsertElement. It will hopefully be production-ready by Ember v2.4.

Nevertheless, ...