Blog

src/web/src/app/blog/_mdx-content/blog1.mdx

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-title: "Blog1"
-author: "Apestein"
-publishDate: "1/29/2024"
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-# Blog1

src/web/src/app/blog/_mdx-content/ssg-renderring.mdx

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+title: 'When to Use Static Generation v.s. Server-side Rendering'
+author: "Timothy Pidashev"
+date: '2020-01-02'
+---
+
+We recommend using **Static Generation** (with and without data) whenever possible because your page can be built once and served by CDN, which makes it much faster than having a server render the page on every request.
+
+You can use Static Generation for many types of pages, including:
+
+- Marketing pages
+- Blog posts
+- E-commerce product listings
+- Help and documentation
+
+```jsx
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+
+function Counter() {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+
+  const increment = () => {
+    setCount(count + 1);
+  };
+
+  const decrement = () => {
+    setCount(count - 1);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <h1>Count: {count}</h1>
+      <button onClick={increment}>Increment</button>
+      <button onClick={decrement}>Decrement</button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default Counter;
+```
+You should ask yourself: "Can I pre-render this page **ahead** of a user's request?" If the answer is yes, then you should choose Static Generation.
+
+On the other hand, Static Generation is **not** a good idea if you cannot pre-render a page ahead of a user's request. Maybe your page shows frequently updated data, and the page content changes on every request.
+
+In that case, you can use **Server-Side Rendering**. It will be slower, but the pre-rendered page will always be up-to-date. Or you can skip pre-rendering and use client-side JavaScript to populate data.
+
+```jsx
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+
+  const increment = () => {
+    setCount(count + 1);
+  };
+
+  const decrement = () => {
+    setCount(count - 1);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <h1>Count: {count}</h1>
+      <button onClick={increment}>Increment</button>
+      <button onClick={decrement}>Decrement</button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default Counter;
+```
+You should ask yourself: "Can I pre-render this page **ahead** of a user's request?" If the answer is yes, then you should choose Static Generation.
+
+On the other hand, Static Generation is **not** a good idea if you cannot pre-render a page ahead of a user's request. Maybe your page shows frequently updated data, and the page content changes on every request.
+
+In that case, you can use **Server-Side Rendering**. It will be slower, but the pre-rendered page will always be up-to-date. Or you can skip pre-rendering and use client-side JavaScript to populate data.
+