when I generate an angular app, I get the following question:
Do you want to enable Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and Static Site Generation (SSG/Prerendering)?
I answer N on default, but I should investigate what it does.
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I found the Angular docs.
Server-side rendering (SSR) is a process that involves rendering pages on the server, resulting in initial HTML content which contains initial page state. Once the HTML content is delivered to a browser, Angular initializes the application and utilizes the data contained within the HTML.
This page explains that it is not the best. And this page talks about problems with it when you combine it with Angular Material.
It is quite new at the moment that I am writing this (31st of January). That it is so new means that it probably still has a lot of bugs. I’d probably look at it again in angular 18 or 19+.
To create a new application with SSR, run:
ng new --ssrTo add SSR to an existing project, use the Angular CLI ng add command.
ng add @angular/ssr