Los nuevos componentes del servidor de React podrían ser la muerte de las aplicaciones web inundadas

(*If you’d like to skip ahead and dive directly into the technical breakdown, jump to 1. Why React Server Components Were Introduced.)

In the early 2010s, React revolutionized frontend development with its declarative component model and efficient virtual DOM diffing. What began as a simple view library soon became the backbone for large-scale single-page applications (SPAs). These SPAs predominantly used Client-Side Rendering (CSR), meaning the browser would download a JavaScript bundle, execute it, and construct the UI entirely on the client.

This client-centric model was flexible and highly interactive, and it defined “modern” web apps for years. However, as applications grew more complex and feature-rich, the CSR approach started to show its cracks:

• Longer Time-to-Interactive (TTI): Hefty JavaScript bundles and client-side work meant users waited longer before they could actually interact with the page.

• Hydration bottlenecks: Converting server-rendered HTML into an interactive app (hydration) became a performance choke point, especially as the amount of dynamic content increased.

• Paquetes inundados: Las aplicaciones a menudo envían mucho más JavaScript de lo necesario, cargando a los navegadores con código para funciones o contenidos que podrían haber sido entregados de manera más eficiente.
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• Performance that doesn’t scale: The larger and more complex the app, the harder it became to maintain snappy performance across all devices and network conditions.

  
  

Next.js emerged to tackle some of these pain points by introducing Server-Side Rendering (SSR), Static Site Generation (SSG), and other optimizations. These techniques improved initial load times and offloaded some of the UI rendering work to the server. But even with SSR and SSG, the fundamental issue remained: we were still over-delivering JavaScript to the browser.

Con Next.js 15 ejecutado en React 19, un nuevo paradigma de rendimiento ha tomado el centro de la escena:React Server Components (RSC)RSCs permiten a los desarrolladores mezclar sin problemas los componentes renderizados por el servidor y los renderizados por el cliente en un único árbol de React. Las implicaciones son significativas.zero JavaScript overhead. In other words, no client-side hydration is needed for those sections. Data fetching logic is also simplified by running inside server components, eliminating many unnecessary API calls from the browser. The result: leaner client-side bundles, faster interactions, and an application that’s far more performant and scalable.

This article isn’t a surface-level review of RSC. When I set out to write about using Next.js effectively in 2025, it quickly became clear that React Server Components deserved a dedicated deep dive. What follows is a technically rigorous exploration of how RSC works under the hood, how to leverage it in a Next.js 15 project, and why it represents a fundamental shift in frontend architecture.

Al final, espero que salgas con la misma claridad y apreciación por RSC que hice a través del proceso de investigación y escritura de esta obra.

Intro: From CSR to RSC — How Rendering Evolved in React

Introducción: De CSR a RSC - Cómo el rendimiento evolucionó en reacción

Durante la última década, la forma en que construimos las aplicaciones React ha evolucionado fundamentalmente y con ella, la forma en que pensamos en el rendimiento.

🕰 A brief history of Client-Side Rendering (CSR) in React

React ganó su popularidad a través deClient-Side Rendering (CSR)Un modelo en el que el navegador descarga JavaScript, lo ejecuta y construye toda la interfaz de usuario en el cliente.Este enfoque dio a los desarrolladores un control total sobre la interactividad y el estado, y facilitó la creación de aplicaciones dinámicas de una sola página (SPA).

However, CSR came with notable trade-offs:

• Slower initial loads, especially on mobile or poor networks
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• SEO para páginas basadas en contenido
• Bancos pesados con JavaScript, incluso para páginas con una interactividad mínima
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• A hydration step was required after HTML loaded, delaying time-to-interactive

Durante un tiempo, estas limitaciones eran simplemente “cómo eran las cosas”.

🚀 How Next.js brought SSR and SSG to mainstream React development

CuandoNext.js entered the scene, it introduced server-side rendering (SSR) and static site generation (SSG) as first-class citizens for React. This marked a turning point: frontend developers could now choose how and when rendering occurred.

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• SSR enabled pages to be generated per request, improving SEO and load speed for dynamic content.
• SSG permitió que el contenido se preconstruyera en el momento de la implementación, perfecto para blogs, documentos y sitios de marketing.
• La Regeneración Estática Incremental (ISR) cubrió la brecha al permitir que las páginas estáticas se actualizaran después de la implementación.
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This flexibility helped developers strike a better balance between performance, SEO, and developer experience.

But even with SSR and SSG, there was still a lingering issue: we were still sending too much JavaScript to the browser — even for components that didn’t need to be interactive.

🧠 The rise of React Server Components (RSC) in 2025

Con la liberación deNext.js 15yReact 19Entramos en una nueva era:React Server Components (RSC) are now a core part of how we build apps.

Unlike SSR, which still requires hydration and ships JavaScript to the client, RSC allows you to render components on the server — without sending any JavaScript to the browser at all.

It’s a big shift:

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• Components can now access server-side data directly
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• El contenido estático no requiere hidratación
• You can mix server and client components in a single React tree, composing your rendering strategy per component

RSC doesn’t replace SSR or SSG, it complements them, unlocking finer-grained control over performance, bundle size, and rendering behavior.

En 2025, RSC es un concepto fundamental que todo ingeniero senior de React necesita dominar.

1. Why React Server Components Were Introduced

Por qué se introdujeron los componentes de servidor React

As React applications became more complex, the industry began to feel the weight of its success. While Client-Side Rendering (CSR), Server-Side Rendering (SSR), and Static Site Generation (SSG) offered different strategies for building performant web apps, each of them carried trade-offs that grew more apparent at scale.

🚧 Limitations of CSR, SSR, and SSG

1. Hydration overhead

Even with SSR or SSG, once HTML reaches the browser, React needs to “hydrate” the page — attach event listeners, reinitialize components, and effectively rebuild the app in memory. For large component trees, hydration can be a major bottleneck for Time-To-Interactive (TTI).

2oJavaScript bundle bloat

With CSR, every component, utility, and API call that’s part of the page must be sent to the browser — regardless of whether it’s interactive or not. SSR and SSG reduce this slightly, but most of the bundle still needs to be executed on the client. As apps grow, this leads to bloated bundles that slow down the user experience.

3. Disconnected data-fetching logic

In the pre-RSC world, data lived outside the components that rendered it. You had to use getServerSideProps or getStaticProps(o llamar a las APIs enuseEffect) to fetch data, then pass it into components via props. This separation added cognitive overhead and made code harder to co-locate and reuse.

🧠 What problems RSC was designed to solve

React Server Components (RSC) were created to address these growing pain points with a simple but powerful idea: let components execute on the server by default, and only send JavaScript to the browser when it’s absolutely necessary. el

Eliminate unnecessary JavaScript

RSC allows components to be rendered server-side without shipping any of their logic to the client. If a component doesn’t require interactivity, there’s no need to hydrate or load its JS bundle at all.

Server-side data access within the component tree

RSC elimina el límite artificial entre la captura y el rendimiento de datos.async/await to directly access databases, file systems, or APIs — co-locating data and view logic naturally, with no need for API routes or prop drilling.

Improve rendering efficiency and developer experience

By moving non-interactive logic to the server, developers can build lighter apps with smaller bundles and better performance. RSC also simplifies the mental model — you just write components, and let the framework handle where they run and how they ship.

RSC no tiene como objetivo reemplazar SSR o SSG, sino que los complementa.at the component level, no sólo el nivel de la página, sobre lo que debe ejecutarse en el servidor y lo que pertenece al navegador.

In short: React Server Components were designed to bring modern frontend development back to its lean, fast, and maintainable roots without compromising interactivity.

2. Rendering Strategies in Next.js 15: RSC vs SSR vs CSR

2. Rendering Strategies in Next.js 15: RSC vs SSR vs CSR

Next.js 15 ofrece a los desarrolladores un modelo de rendimiento granular que va mucho más allá de las estrategias tradicionales a nivel de página.React Server Components (RSC) becoming a first-class concept, it’s essential to understand how they compare to two familiar models: Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and Client-Side Rendering (CSR). el

Mientras que SSG (Generación de Sitio Estático) todavía es valioso en casos específicos, se puede ver como unacaching strategyconstruido sobre la SSR. En contraste,RSC vs SSR vs CSR represent distinct runtime rendering paths, and understanding them is crucial for making performance- and architecture-aware decisions in 2025.

💡 Before We Compare: What Do We Mean by "Interactive Component"?

In the context of React and Next.js, an interactive component is any UI element that requires client-side JavaScript to respond to user input or browser events. el

This includes (but is not limited to):

• Buttons that update state on click

• Forms with validation or controlled inputs

• Dropdowns y modals que cambian abierto / cerrado

• Animations triggered by scrolling or hover

• Tabs, carousels, filters, sliders

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• Components that use useState, useEffect, or useReducer

  
  

If a component has event handlers, internal state, or relies on the DOM or browser APIsDebe correr sobre el cliente.

Interactivity = Browser-side behavior + JS event listeners + local state.

Comprender esta distinción ayuda a aclararwhy RSC exists: to avoid shipping JavaScript for UI pieces that don’t need to be interactive.

🧩 Rendering Models at a Glance

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Feature	RSC (React Server Components)	SSR (Server-Side Rendering)	CSR (Client-Side Rendering)
Render location	Server	Server	Client
JavaScript sent to browser	❌ None	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
Requires hydration	❌ No	✅ Yes	Sí
Interactivity	❌ No	✅ Full	✅ Full
Access to server resources	✅ Direct	✅ Via getServerSideProps	❌ Needs API calls
When it runs	On-demand or streamed	Per request	On load in browser
Ideal use case	Static or data-bound views	Personalized or dynamic UI	Interactive flows, local UX

Características RSC (React Server Components) SSR (Server Side Rendering) CSR (Client-Side Rendering)Localización del servidor clienteyy

JavaScript sent to browser

Ninguno de estos

Sí

✅ Yes

yy

Requiere hidratación

❌ No

yy

✅ Yes

Síy

Interactivity

y

❌ No

Todo llenoyTodo llenoyy

Access to server resources

✅ Direct

✅ Via getServerSideProps

❌ Needs API calls

y

Cuando se corre

yOn-demand o en streamingy

Per request

On load in browser

Caso de uso ideal

Vistas estáticas o vinculadas a datosy

UI personalizado o dinámico

Flujos interactivos, UX local

Características RSC (React Server Components) SSR (Server Side Rendering) CSR (Client-Side Rendering)

Feature

Características

RSC (React Server Components)

RSC (React Server Components)

SSR (Rendering del lado del servidor)

SSR (Server-Side Rendering)

y

CSR (Client-Side Rendering)

CSR (Client-Side Rendering)

Localización del servidor cliente

Render location

Render location

Servidor

Server

Servidor

Servidor

Cliente

Cliente

y

JavaScript sent to browser

Ninguno de estos

Sí

✅ Yes

y

JavaScript sent to browser

JavaScript sent to browser

y

❌ None

Ninguno de estos

Sí

Sí

Sí

✅ Yes

Requires hydration

❌ No

y

✅ Yes

Síyy

Requiere hidratación

Requiere hidratación

No

No

y

✅ Yes

Sí

Sí

✅ Yes

y

Interactividad

yy

No

Todo llenoyTodo llenoyy

Interactividad

Interactividad

y

No

❌ No

Todo lleno

Todo lleno

Todo lleno

✅ Full

Access to server resources

✅ Direct

✅ Via getServerSideProps

❌ Needs API calls

y

Acceso a los recursos del servidor

Acceso a los recursos del servidor

✅ Direct

En directo

y

✅ Via getServerSideProps

Esta víagetServerSideProps

y

Necesita llamadas de API

❌ Needs API calls

y

Cuando se corre

yOn-demand o en streamingypor solicitud

Descargar en Browser

y

Cuando se corre

When it runs

On-demand o en streaming

On-demand or streamed

Per request

Per request

Descargar en Browser

On load in browser

yCaso de uso idealVistas estáticas o vinculadas a datosyy

UI personalizado o dinámico

y

Flujos interactivos, UX local

Caso de uso ideal

Caso de uso ideal

Vistas estáticas o vinculadas a datos

Static or data-bound views

y

UI personalizado o dinámico

UI personalizado o dinámico

y

Flujos interactivos, UX local

Flujos interactivos, UX local

Think in Components, Not Just Pages

In earlier versions of Next.js, rendering strategies were applied at the page level. You had getServerSideProps, degetStaticProps, and whatever you chose applied to the entire pageEsto tenía sentido en un mundo donde el rendimiento ocurrió todo o nada, ya sea estáticamente en el momento de la construcción, o dinámicamente en cada solicitud.

Pero conReact Server Components (RSC)Y elapp/directorio introducido en Next.js 13+ y estandarizado en 15,rendering is no longer a top-down, one-size-fits-all decision. It becomes a per-component concernEsto desencadena una nueva mentalidad.

Una nueva forma de pensar: rendimiento declarativo y compostable

Este cambio es más que un cambio de API, es un cambio conceptual en la forma en que arquitecta su frontend.

Declarative

Instead of orchestrating howydónde components are rendered manually, you now simply declare what each component does and what it needs — React and Next.js take care of the rest.

Usted no filtra manualmente los puntos finales de la API ni pasa los props de SSR a los componentes.

// Server Component
export default async function ProductInfo() {
  const product = await db.getProduct(slug)
  return <div>{product.name}</div>
}

This component:

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• Se ejecuta en el servidor
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• Doesn’t send JS to the client
• No requiere ningún getServerSideProps o capa de API
• Es “sólo un componente” – no se necesita ninguna abstracción adicional
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Describe la UI y sus necesidades de datosdeclaratively, and the rendering engine figures out the rest.

Composable

Diferentes partes de su interfaz de usuario pueden usar diferentes estrategias de rendimiento.on the same page, deat the same time, and with minimal overhead.

For example:

// Product page layout
<ProductInfo />           // Server Component (no JS, rendered on the server)
<AddToCartButton />       // Client Component (interactive)
<SimilarProducts />       // Static Component (SSG with revalidation)

Estos componentes viven juntos en el mismo árbol, pero cada uno:

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• Se ejecuta en un entorno diferente (servidor, cliente, build)
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• Utiliza sólo los datos y el código que necesita
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• Navega exactamente lo que se requiere para el navegador - no más, no menos
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To make this more concrete, I created a Mínimo Demoque muestra cómo diferentes estrategias de rendimiento pueden coexistir en una sola página.

3. How React Server Components Work Under the Hood

Cómo funcionan los componentes del servidor de reacción bajo el capó

React Server Components (RSC) are more than just a new rendering strategy, they fundamentally change how component trees are built, rendered, and transmitted. To use RSC effectively in production, it’s important to understand how it works behind the scenesy cómo afecta a las fronteras de estado, interactividad y datos.

🧱 Server/Client Boundary: A Split React Tree

Las aplicaciones React que usan RSC ya no se muestran completamente en el cliente.component tree is split into two worlds:

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• Server Components: Execute only on the server. No JavaScript is ever sent to the browser. Cannot hold local state or attach event listeners. Perfect for rendering static content and server-bound logic (e.g., DB access).
• Client Components: Must be explicitly marked with "use client". These are compiled into browser-friendly JavaScript and support full interactivity, local state, useEffect, and event handling.
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En build o runtime, React construye un árbol donde los componentes del servidor y el cliente coexisten y los une durante el render.

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¿Qué"use client"De hecho hace

When you add "use client" to a file, it marks that entire module and its exports as client-only. Behind the scenes, this instructs the Next.js build pipeline to:

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• Compila ese archivo (y sus dependencias) en un paquete separado de JavaScript
• Exclude that component from being run on the server
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• Treat it like a classic React CSR component with hydration logic
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Esta Directiva actúa como unaboundary marker between the two sides of the tree. All components above it can be server-rendered; all components below it must be rendered in the browser.

💧 Streaming: Rendering in Pieces, Not All at Once

RSC embraces streaming as a native rendering strategy. Instead of waiting for the full React tree to be built before sending it to the browser, the server streams serialized fragmentspara el cliente cuando esté listo.

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• Server Components are rendered and sent as soon as possible

• Los portadores (por ejemplo, a través de <Suspense>) rellenan temporalmente

• Client Components hydrate incrementally, only when they load

  
  

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¿Cómo es posible esto?

RSC introduce un concepto llamado hidratación selectiva.Cuando un Componente Cliente es renderizado dentro de un árbol de Componentes de Servidor, React inserta un colocador (<div data-rsc-placeholder />) y desvía la hidratación.

Once the client has loaded the corresponding JS bundle:

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1. React lazily carga ese componente específico
2. Encuentra el portador y lo encierra en el árbol vivo
3. Hydrates it in isolation, without re-rendering the entire page

This design is decoupled and progressive: su aplicación se inicia rápidamente, y la interactividad viene en línea gradualmente.

<Suspense fallback={<LoadingDetails />}>
  <ProductDetails />  // Server Component
</Suspense>

<AddToCartButton />    // Client Component (hydrated later)

Recuperación de datos y división de código en RSC

Otra clave “mágica” de RSC:you can fetch data directly inside components withyasync/awaitSin depender degetServerSideProps, deuseEffect, or manual prop-passing.

// Server Component
export default async function Dashboard() {
  const stats = await getStatsForUser()
  return <StatsView data={stats} />
}

Why is this possible?

• RSC components run as real server functions, not as client-compiled modules
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• They can access databases, internal APIs, file systems, or anything your server runtime supports
• The result is rendered HTML (not JS) and streamed to the client

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• No hydration needed, since the result is static
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• No loading UI logic in the component itself — everything resolves before it hits the browser
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• No code for this component is sent to the client — unless nested inside a client boundary

Esto reduce significativamente el tamaño de la placa de calentamiento y el paquete, mientras que mantiene la lógica colocada con la interfaz de usuario - un objetivo de React de larga data que finalmente se realizó a escala.

Estado, ganchos y consideraciones del ciclo de vida

RSC does not supportLas reacciones tradicionales comouseState, useEffect, ouseRefPorque ellosdon’t run in the browser. el

Componente de servidor Componente de clienteyyyyy

useState		y
useEffect
useContext	✅ (if static)
async / espera	y ✅	(debe estar envuelto en efectos)
Event handlers

Componente de servidor Componente de clientey

useState

yy

y

Uso Efecto

y

y

useContext

✅ (if static)

yasync / esperayy

✅

y

(debe estar envuelto en efectos)

Event handlers

yComponente de servidor Componente de clientey

Feature

Características

Componentes del servidor

Server Component

Cliente Componente

Cliente Componente

useState

yy

y

useState

useState

y

y

useEffect

y

Uso Efecto

useEffect

✅

✅

Utilización del contextoy

✅ (if static)

y

useContext

useContext

✅ (si es estático)

✅ (if static)

✅

async / esperayy

✅

y

(debe estar envuelto en efectos)

async / espera

async/await

y

✅

✅

(debe estar envuelto en efectos)

(debe estar envuelto en efectos)

Event handlers

y

Event handlers

Event handlers

❌

❌

✅

✅

This enforces a clean separation of responsibilities:

• Componentes del servidor: datos y diseño
• Client Components: interactivity and local state

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Los Componentes de servidor de React están diseñados para simplificar su aplicación. Una vez que internalize las reglas de límite, el modelo de transmisión y el acceso a datos asíncronos, puedecompose fast, personalized, and minimal-JS apps with far less boilerplate than before.

4. What’s the Best Practice? Combining RSC, SSR, and SSG

4. What’s the Best Practice? Combining RSC, SSR, and SSG

One of the most common questions React engineers face in Next.js 15 isn’t “should I use RSC?” — it’s “how do I combine RSC with SSR and SSG in a maintainable, high-performance way?”

The beauty of Next.js 15 is that you’re no longer limited to one rendering strategy per page. Instead, you can now compose rendering strategies at the component level, applying the most appropriate approach to each part of the UI.

This section introduces a practical framework for making that decision based on actual architectural needs.

🧭 Start with the Core Question: What does this component need?

Ask these four questions for every component:

1. Does it need to be interactive?
   • ✅ Yes → Use a Client Component
2. ¿Necesita datos seguros, específicos de solicitud o en tiempo real? ✅ Sí → Considere SSR
3. Can it be precomputed or infrequently updated?
   • ✅ Yes → Prefer SSG
4. Does it fetch server data but never need to run on the client?
   • ✅ Yes → Use RSC

🧩 Example: Product Page Strategy Breakdown

Here’s how a typical e-commerce prduct page might be composed using all three strategies:

yPriceWithPersonalization SSR Depende de la sesión del usuario, dinámico por solicitudyyy

Component	Rendering Strategy	Razón
ProductDetails	RSC	y Fetched from DB, no interactivity, no need to hydrate
AddToCartButton	CSR	Requires interactivity and local state
y RelatedProducts	SSG (con ISR)	Seguro para la caché en el momento de la construcción, se puede revalidar cada 24 horas o por tag
y StockStatusBanner	RSC + streaming	Frequently changing, streamed in with Suspense to not block TTFB

Component

y

Rendering Strategy

Razón

ProductDetails

RSC

y

Fetched from DB, no interactivity, no need to hydrate

PriceWithPersonalization SSR Depende de la sesión del usuario, dinámico por solicitudy

AddToCartButton

CSR

Requires interactivity and local state

yy

RelatedProducts

SSG (con ISR)

Seguro para la caché en el momento de la construcción, se puede revalidar cada 24 horas o por tag

y

StockStatusBanner

RSC + streaming

y

Frequently changing, streamed in with Suspense to not block TTFB

y

Component

Rendering Strategy

Razón

Component

Component

y

Rendering Strategy

Rendering Strategy

Razón

Razón

ProductDetails

RSC

y

Fetched from DB, no interactivity, no need to hydrate

ProductDetails

ProductDetails

RSC

RSC

y

Fetched from DB, no interactivity, no need to hydrate

Fetched from DB, no interactivity, no need to hydrate

PriceWithPersonalization SSR Depende de la sesión del usuario, dinámico por solicitud

PriceWithPersonalization

PriceWithPersonalization

SSR

SSR

Depende de la sesión del usuario, dinámico por solicitud

Depends on user session, dynamic per request

AddToCartButton

CSR

Requires interactivity and local state

AddToCartButton

AddToCartButton

y

CSR

CSR

Requires interactivity and local state

Requires interactivity and local state

RelatedProducts

SSG (con ISR)

Seguro para la caché en el momento de la construcción, se puede revalidar cada 24 horas o por tag

y

RelatedProducts

RelatedProducts

SSG (with ISR)

SSG (with ISR)

Seguro para la caché en el momento de la construcción, se puede revalidar cada 24 horas o por tag

Seguro para la caché en el momento de la construcción, se puede revalidar cada 24 horas o por tag

StockStatusBanner

RSC + streaming

y

Frequently changing, streamed in with Suspense to not block TTFB

yy

StockStatusBanner

StockStatusBanner

RSC + streaming

RSC + streaming

y

Frequently changing, streamed in with Suspense to not block TTFB

Frequently changing, streamed in with Suspense to not block TTFB

Each component is doing just what it needs to do — no more, no less. No full-page hydration, no global data fetching, no unnecessary JavaScript.

Diseñar las mejores prácticas para combinar estrategias

✅ 1. Start Server-First

Design every component as a Server Component by default. Opt into interactivity ("use client") only when necessary. This keeps bundles smaller and simplifies testing.

✅ 2. Keep boundaries clear

Utilice nombres de carpeta o sufixos de nombre de archivo para hacer límites explícitos:

/components
  /server/ProductDetails.tsx
  /client/AddToCartButton.tsx
  /shared/ReviewStars.tsx

✅ 3. abrazar la suspensión para la entrega progresiva

Use <Suspense> to stream in non-critical RSCs without blocking the whole page:

<Suspense fallback={<LoadingReviews />}>
  <ReviewList />
</Suspense>

Co-locate la lógica con los componentes

Don’t split data-fetching and UI across files unless necessary. In RSC, you can colocate asyncla lógica directamente dentro del árbol de componentes - el marco se ocupa del resto.

✅ 5. Use ISR (Incremental Static Regeneration) smartly

For cacheable, high-traffic pages like blog articles or marketing sections, use SSG + revalidation:

export const revalidate = 3600  // regenerate every hour

8 errores comunes a evitar

• ❌ Using "use client" by default — you’ll end up with CSR all over again
• Recuperación de datos en los componentes del cliente cuando podría ser hackeado por el servidor
• ❌ Passing too much data between RSC and client components via props — instead, let client components be focused, isolated, and stateful
• ❌ Recreating SSR-style getServerSideProps logic inside RSC — no need, RSC is server-side

Resumen del árbol de decisión

Here’s a simplified guide:

Is it interactive?
│
├── Yes → Client Component (CSR)
│
└── No
    │
    ├── Needs per-request data? → SSR
    │
    ├── Can be pre-rendered? → SSG
    │
    └── Otherwise → RSC

You don’t need to memorize it. Once you internalize how rendering maps to responsibility, the decisions become intuitive.

La mejor práctica no se trata de elegir “la mejor estrategia de rendimiento”.

Se trata dedesigning rendering as an intentional part of your component architecture — with clarity, purpose, and performance in mind.

6. Looking Ahead: Why RSC Is More Than Just a Feature

Mirando hacia adelante: por qué RSC es más que una característica

React Server Components no es sólo una optimización de rendimiento o una mejora de DX.they represent a foundational shift in how we build React applications. Much like React Hooks in 2019, RSC in 2025 is redefining the baseline for frontend architecture.

RSC cambia el modelo mental de la construcción en reacción

Traditional React development was always built on this assumption:

“The browser owns the runtime. We hydrate everything. Every piece of logic and data must live in the client, or be fetched via API.”

RSC breaks that assumption.

With RSC, you now ask:

• ¿Puedo saltar la hidratación por completo?
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• Can this component run purely on the server?
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• ¿Puedo colocar la lógica backend con mi UI?

It gives us back the ability to separate display logic and interactivity cleanlyPero no con los pantalones y los pantalones, sino confirst-class architectural boundaries.

It’s no longer “client-first.” It’s “purpose-first.”

Each part of your UI exists where it’s most efficient — server, client, or static.

🌐 Ecosystem Shift Toward Server-First Rendering

RSC isn’t happening in isolation. The broader frontend ecosystem is undergoing a server-first rendering renaissance. el

Frameworks like:

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• Remix se inclina fuertemente en la carga de datos del servidor y las acciones de formulario.
• Astro embraces zero-JS by default, shipping only islands of interactivity.
• Qwik lleva la hidratación al extremo - posponiendo todos los JS hasta que sea explícitamente necesario.
• Next.js 15, with RSC and App Router, now puts per-component rendering at the center of the developer experience.
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Esto no es una coincidencia, es un reflejo de una verdad dura que todos hemos sentido:

Sending less JavaScript is the only way to scale interactivity and performance on the modern web.

React Server Components are the React-native answer to that challenge — deeply integrated, ergonomic, and production-ready.

Qué esperar a continuación

The evolution is still ongoing. As React 19 and the ecosystem mature, we can expect:

• Más herramientas de depuración y perfilado granulares para árboles RSC
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• Better DevTools integration to show boundaries and hydration timelines
• patrones de orden superior a estrategias de rendimiento abstracto (por ejemplo, envases <ServerOnly>, <DeferredClient>)
• Broader adoption in design systems, frameworks, and libraries (e.g., RSC-aware UI kits)
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