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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Static

Javascript

Has someone changed the meaning of static? I've always thought it meant the opposite of Dynamic HTML

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago

Static files as in static file handling in a web server no CGI, modules, server side code required.

[–] karmiclychee 14 points 2 months ago

Served as "flat files" - filesystem, object store, what have you. No server logic generating content, just passing around of strings and binary data. Files are the representation are the source of truth. Counter to a web app, where the content response is ephemeral and the "source of truth" is scattered across a writeable DB and recombinated (potentially) on every request.

Interesting question though, I (a web dev) just take the term for granted.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

It's been always the same. Backend, server logic, database... dynamic content; on one hand. JavaScript runs on the browser for almost anything, sometimes for dynamic content. But it's not tied. You could have an in-browser button with a counter for the numbers of times it was pressed (that's actually an entry-level programmer exercise) and that's a static site. If you saved the counter value to the server (e.g. database) then it's not static anymore.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

No, static sites are usually more js heavy because they offset all the processing to the client.

This is one reason I avoid static sites, and just heavily cache the server.