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0 pointsdwaltrip7y ago0 comments

You switched from a C# or Python backend to node.js so that you can render React on the server, correct? Or are you doing something fancy to serve react.js rendered contents from a non-js backend?

I agree that the hybrid approach of both server-side templates and SPA-controlled content looks difficult.

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ldiracdelta7y ago

Personally, I don't use node.js as a backend. I normally use Django REST Framework (DRF). I may do server-side rendering of the client using express, still calling back into DRF for the data. The important piece for me is that I don't like the idea of generating a page in one language and then mutating the UI on the client side with another language. I just use one language for the whole UI.

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