How do Client Rendered and Server Rendered Apps differ?
When it comes to building web apps with JavaScript, there are two primary methods in terms of how a user interface gets built and served to the user. They are referred to as Client-Side-Rendered (CSR) and Server-Side-Rendered (SSR).
From a development standpoint, coding a CSR or an SSR app predominantly remains the same, except for some additional steps for SSR. However, there are differences in the internal working of these apps in terms of how they are rendered, and also in how they can be deployed on the cloud.
In this section, we will look a bit deeper into these differences.
Client Side Rendered Apps (CSR)
Let us have a look at how a Client Side app works. As its full name suggests, the CSR app is “rendered” on the client. In short, the app runs within the user’s browser, makes a call to fetch data, and the page is generated on the browser. The following diagram illustrates this better:
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