[FIXED] Which one should I use: SSR, SPA only or SSG for my Nuxt project?

Issue

I need to develop a website using laravel and nuxtjs. To my knowledege, SSR mode is one of the advanced feature of the nuxtjs but it requires to run the nuxt server. In other words, we need to deploy the laravel on the server like nginx and have to run the nuxt server by using npm run start. If we use SPA mode, nuxt generate static page into dist directory and we can simply merge it to laravel project and everything is done. We don't need to run the extra server.

This is my opinion so far. I am not sure whether or not it is true, so I can't decide which one to choose. First of all, I am not sure which one is really better. Second, I am not sure if SSR mode really requires to run the extra server.

I want to get advice from experts and make a decision. I'd be really grateful if you give me advice about this. Thanks in advance.

Solution

I recommend using SSG (target: static and ssr: true), this will give you SEO + speed and you will not need any server for this. Hence, hosting it on Netlify would be totally fine and free.
More info can be found here on the various steps: What's the real difference between target: 'static' and target: 'server' in Nuxt 2.14 universal mode?

Also, it all comes down to the drawbacks between SSR and SSG. More info can be found on Google. But if you don't have a first-page protected by a password or some back-office admin-only tool, SSG is usually the way to go.

Answered By - kissu

Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (PHPFixing Admin)