OTC Talks #14

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It's Next After React

Speaker: Darshan Rander

Abstract

Next.js supports multiple rendering strategies, including SSG, SSR, CSR, ISR, Streaming, Partial Prerendering and React Server Components - but what actually makes them different? In this session, we'll use the App Router's build output to explore how each rendering pattern is represented inside the .next directory, what artifacts Next.js generates, and how they affect runtime behaviour.

Along the way, we'll connect concepts like React Server Components, the Flight protocol, hydration and caching to the files produced during a build, giving you a practical mental model of how Next.js works under the hood and how to choose the right rendering strategy for your application.