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What is Hydration?

The process where JavaScript takes over a server-rendered page to make it interactive

Why It Matters

Hydration enables fast initial loads (from server rendering) with full interactivity (from JavaScript)

A page loads instantly with content, then becomes clickable as JavaScript hydrates it

Generating web pages on the server for each request, then sending complete HTML to the browser

Code or processing that happens in the user's browser

Code or processing that happens on the server before sending results to the browser

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Generating web pages on the server for each request, then sending complete HTML to the browser

Code or processing that happens in the user's browser

Code or processing that happens on the server before sending results to the browser

The part of a website or app that users see and interact with directly

A popular tool for building user interfaces, created by Facebook, that makes complex UIs easier to manage

A framework built on React that adds features like page routing, server-side rendering, and API handling