Chapter 8. Server-Side Rendering for Fun and Profit

The next step to building React applications is about learning how the server-side rendering works and which benefits it can give us. Universal applications are better for SEO, and they enable knowledge sharing between the frontend and the backend.

They can also improve the perceived speed of a web application, which usually leads to increased conversions. However, applying server-side rendering to a React application comes with a cost and we should think carefully about whether we really need it or not.

In this chapter, you will see how to set up a server-side rendered application, and by the end of the relevant sections, you will be able to build a Universal application and understand the pros ...

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