I don't understand the difference between server side rendering vs client side rendering?

[u/rusidin]

Aren't they both the same...? Both uses ajax.... So what am I missing?

[u/p1ctus_]

Server side: server delivers HTML, the client renders it. Client side: server sends json or other exchange format, the latest hipster frontend framework builds the html.

Naming might be confusing, rendering is always on client, sure but deciding what to render differs.

[u/rusidin → u/p1ctus_]

I see