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by TekMol 2840 days ago
Server side code is different as the server usually starts an interpreter that compiles the file on-the-fly in case it changed since the last pageview.
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> the server usually starts an interpreter that compiles the file on-the-fly

You may already be aware of this, but you can set up the same workflow for frontend development (if you have a compilation step). "Watch mode" seems to be the popular nomenclature for this in the JavaScript community.

In production? I think I'm misreading your comments.