[ilkkal]

Got a big chuckle out of them describing server-side rendering as this new-fangled unproven technical risk of a technology :) I get the context, but it was still funny. Ah, back to editing index.php I guess.

[yuchi]

Sorry to be the “actually…” guy here, but actually… what the article describes is ISOMORPHIC server side rendering, which is very different from traditional SSR + client side dynamic behaviors.

The fact that the same code can render the initial static page AND the dynamic client interactive UI is the point here.

[lampe3]

Because your index.php did not need to dehydrate and hydrate.

Back in the days the apps were unresponsive, clumsy and user unfriendly.

You really can't compare web apps with old websites or even forum software like phpbb.

EDIT: The down vote of the PHP developer which still wants to write phpBB forum websites :)

Good luck with that. I'm waiting for the article that complains about frontend development ;)

[newshorts]

Me too. This regularly reminds me that some folks don’t have full stack experience and are coming from a completely different background. I am subsequently much more deliberate in describing architecture these days to front end devs.

[jaredgorski]

I’m with you :)

It’s certainly nothing new, but the “buzz factor” impresses people who don’t know what it’s for and they implement it everywhere thinking it’s an improvement. The trend/gimmick culture in frontend is a real thing.