FrontendBackend
SSR
Also written as Server-Side Rendering
Generating a web page's HTML on the server before sending it to the browser, which can improve load speed and SEO versus rendering everything client-side.
Think of it like
Like a restaurant plating your meal in the kitchen before it reaches your table, instead of handing you raw ingredients to cook yourself.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Says SSR makes pages 'load faster' with no further detail.
Senior sounds like
Can explain when they'd choose it over client-side rendering, and the server-load and complexity tradeoffs that come with it.
Ask them
“When would you reach for server-side rendering instead of a plain client-rendered app?”