Two Forms of Pre-rendering

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Next.js has two forms of pre-rendering: Static Generation and Server-side Rendering. The difference is in when it generates the HTML for a page.

  • Static Generation is the pre-rendering method that generates the HTML at build time. The pre-rendered HTML is then reused on each request.
  • Server-side Rendering is the pre-rendering method that generates the HTML on each request.

Importantly, Next.js lets you choose which pre-rendering form to use for each page. You can create a "hybrid" Next.js app by using Static Generation for most pages and using Server-side Rendering for others.

import { compile } from "@mdx-js/mdx";
import rehypeHighlight from "rehype-highlight";

const code = `~~~js
console.log(1)
~~~`;

console.log(String(await compile(code, { rehypePlugins: [rehypeHighlight] })));