Discover the best rendering strategy for a shopping cart page, balancing speed and interactivity with a static-first approach and dynamic updates.

Choosing the right architecture for an e-commerce project is a foundational decision that will impact performance, scalability, flexibility, and even maintenance costs in the long run. However, there is no single answer—rather, a constellation of choices that vary across multiple axes: proprietary vs open-source, classic vs headless.

When a user loads a web page, several rendering strategies can be used depending on performance, interactivity, and server cost requirements. This article details the different approaches, explaining how they work from the initial request to JavaScript execution and the activation of user interactions.