What is Static Site?
A website with pre-built pages that are the same for every visitor
Why It Matters
Static sites are fast, secure, and cheap to host since they don't need server processing
Real-World Example
A company's marketing site that shows the same content to everyone
Related Terms
SSG (Static Site Generation)
Building all pages at deploy time rather than on each request
SSR (Server-Side Rendering)
Generating web pages on the server for each request, then sending complete HTML to the browser
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Related Terms
SSR (Server-Side Rendering)
Generating web pages on the server for each request, then sending complete HTML to the browser
SSG (Static Site Generation)
Building all pages at deploy time rather than on each request
Jamstack
A modern web architecture using JavaScript, APIs, and Markup for fast, secure sites
Microservices
An architecture where an application is built as many small, independent services that work together
Monolith
An application where all features are built and deployed as a single unit
ISR (Incremental Static Regeneration)
Updating static pages in the background without rebuilding your entire site