Unlocking the Power of Next.js Pre-Rendering with Server-Side Props
Next.js is a popular JavaScript framework that offers server-side rendering and static site generation capabilities. Pre-rendering is an important feature of Next.js that allows developers to render a page on the server before it is sent to the client. It allows a page to be sent to the client faster, making the user experience faster and smoother. Additionally, server-side props can be passed to the page, making the page more personalized and dynamic. In this article, we’ll discuss the basics of pre-rendering with Next.js and how to use server-side props to create more dynamic pages.
What is Pre-Rendering?
Pre-rendering is a technique where we generate page content on the server before sending it to the client. From the NextJS side, you prepare all the values that are needed for your page to render and pass them as props. It is possible to enable cache for content by just defining cache headers. After content is loaded, NextJS starts a process called hydration. During that process, it attaches all events and other listeners so that after it, the application starts behaving as a regular single-page application.
Benefits of Pre-Rendering
This technique has many benefits but the main one would be speed. In a typical single-page application, the usual…
