server-side-rendering

Server-side rendering improves SEO and first contentful paint by generating complete HTML on the server per request, allowing search engines to crawl content immediately and reducing client JavaScript needed before users see the page.

To render HTML on the server per request with Next.js, implement server-side data fetching and pass the resulting props directly to your page component to generate dynamic HTML for each request.

Yes, you can use streaming to improve server-side rendering performance by utilizing renderToPipeableStream, which sends HTML chunks to the browser progressively while maintaining hydration for interactive elements.

Use server-side rendering instead of client-side rendering for SEO-critical pages and content-heavy views that benefit from server-fetched data, per-request dynamic HTML, and reduced client JavaScript execution.

No, server-side rendering does not eliminate client hydration; hydration remains necessary to attach event listeners and restore interactivity to the server-generated HTML on the client side.

Server-side rendering limitations for dynamic content include increased server compute overhead per request and potential latency, requiring an SSR-capable runtime to fetch data and render markup for each individual request.