React Server Components 101

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React Server Components are presented as a way to render specific components on the server (RFC Dec 2020), shown with a Next.js demo hosted on GitHub and Vercel that requires migrating to Next 13+; claims include zero bundle size for server-only components, direct backend access from components (no intermediary API), elimination of client–server waterfalls, and automatic component-level code splitting. Limitations shown: no client interactivity, need to mark interactive parts with use client, and client boundaries can force server children to become client components.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:55Talk overview
3. 1:56Client vs server rendering
4. 6:09Server Components architecture
5. 11:05Client components role
6. 15:18Why RSC were created
7. 25:33Limitations of React Server Components
8. 26:58Live demo: Next.js walkthrough
9. 33:02Limitations and workarounds
10. 38:28SSR vs Server Components
11. 39:34Ecosystem support
12. 42:12Q&A

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