Next.js Rendering

Expert guidance on Next.js rendering modes, streaming behavior, and static vs dynamic page generation.

Static vs Dynamic Rendering

Next.js has two fundamental rendering types: static and dynamic.

Static rendering:

• Pages are built at build time and uploaded to a CDN
• No compute occurs at request time
• Assets are replicated to edge locations globally
• Faster response times (no compute, cached near user)
• Remains available even if origin region goes down