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Render

Meaning in web development, with examples

/ˈrendər/verbCore term

In web development, render means: To turn code and data into what the user sees, either in the browser, which draws the page, or on the server, which builds the HTML.

In Turkish: işlemek, render etmek, ekrana çizmek

How it is used

Used for browsers (the page renders), frameworks (a component renders or re-renders) and servers (server-side rendering, SSR). 'Too many re-renders' is a common React performance complaint.

Example sentences

  1. The list renders five hundred items at once, which makes scrolling slow.

  2. This component re-renders every time the parent's state changes.

Common collocations

  • render a component
  • re-render
  • server-side rendering
  • render on the server
  • render-blocking
  • componentA reusable, self-contained piece of a user interface, such as a button, modal or product card, with its own markup, styles and logic.
  • stateThe data an app or component holds at a given moment, such as whether a menu is open or what a user has typed, which controls what is shown.
  • DOMDocument Object Model: the tree of objects a browser builds from a page's HTML, which JavaScript can read and change while the page is open.
  • server-sideHappening on the server rather than in the user's browser, for example server-side code, validation or rendering.

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