Chapter 7. Rendering on the Server

In the last chapter, you learned how to render different sections of our CMS without reloading the page. We even created a way to see the public pages of our website, using the same routing techniques.

So far, we did everything in the browser. We stored pages in local storage. We used the website and CMS as if they were hosted on the Internet, but we're the only ones who can see it. If we want to share our creations with others, we need some kind of server-side technology.

In this chapter, we will take a brief look at some aspects of server-side JavaScript and React programming. We'll see how React works outside of the browser, and how we can persist and share data with many people in real-time.