Gatsby is traditionally a "static site generator" (SSG), it's a bit different than "server side rendering" (SSR), although in the newest versions of Gatsby (4+) they have added SSR and even a new "Deferred Static Generation" (DSG) publishing type.
SSR is about on-demand rendering, so the first time the page is requested it gets rendered server-side and caches the rendered copy for a faster delivery on subsequent requests.
SSG everything is generated at build time, so even the first request for a page is ultra fast.
One appeal of SSR over SSG is that it allows pages to be more dynamic and update more frequently.
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Is that what server side rendering is?
Gatsby is traditionally a "static site generator" (SSG), it's a bit different than "server side rendering" (SSR), although in the newest versions of Gatsby (4+) they have added SSR and even a new "Deferred Static Generation" (DSG) publishing type.
SSR is about on-demand rendering, so the first time the page is requested it gets rendered server-side and caches the rendered copy for a faster delivery on subsequent requests.
SSG everything is generated at build time, so even the first request for a page is ultra fast.
One appeal of SSR over SSG is that it allows pages to be more dynamic and update more frequently.