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by janvidar 2972 days ago
What makes this a "static page"? It's all non-interactive javascript.
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sp332 2972 days ago
Because it's served statically. No processing is necessary on the host side and it can be cached indefinitely without getting stale.
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matte_black 2972 days ago
Static doesn’t mean no JavaScript or interaction. In fact many SPAs are just static pages served out of S3 and connecting directly to some API server to fetch data.

A static page means no processing is done on a web server to serve you the rendered content. This saves you time and money, and ensures scalability for any amount of traffic.

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megous 2972 days ago
There are different meanings. Back in the day there was DHTML, where D stands for dynamic. So static page 10 years ago would mean no javascript.
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