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title: 'Two Forms of Pre-rendering'
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date: '2020-01-01'
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# Woah!
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Next.js has two forms of pre-rendering: **Static Generation** and **Server-side Rendering**. The difference is in **when** it generates the HTML for a page.
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- **Static Generation** is the pre-rendering method that generates the HTML at **build time**. The pre-rendered HTML is then _reused_ on each request.
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- **Server-side Rendering** is the pre-rendering method that generates the HTML on **each request**.
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Importantly, Next.js lets you **choose** which pre-rendering form to use for each page. You can create a "hybrid" Next.js app by using Static Generation for most pages and using Server-side Rendering for others. |