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Edge-Side Composition
In the previous chapter, you saw the complexity and potential gains that are involved when using server-side composition. As already mentioned in Chapter 7, a slightly simpler variant of server-side composition is the edge-side composition pattern. Besides being a less complex solution, this pattern aims to bring bigger performance improvements compared to server-side composition.
While edge-side composition usually lives on edge servers such as a CDN, the enhancements of this pattern can be applied on-premises, too. In the end, the ideas behind this simplification are what matter here. If the implementation is simple enough to be deployed on a CDN, then we know it fits this pattern.
One of the most important things we’ll ...
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