--- title: "Understand Island Architecture and How the Client Receives No JavaScript" url: https://daily.dev/posts/understand-island-architecture-and-how-the-client-receives-no-javascript-cdviuzv5t source_url: https://betterprogramming.pub/understand-island-architecture-how-the-client-receives-no-js-9c6dfa6d7732?source=rss----d0b105d10f0a---4 type: article source: "Better Programming" published: 2022-09-18T22:30:17.855Z updated: 2022-09-18T22:30:17.740Z tags: ["javascript", "github", "architecture", "html"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 24 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Understand Island Architecture and How the Client Receives No JavaScript **[Better Programming](https://daily.dev/sources/btrprog)** · 4 min read · 24 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Island Architecture was created by Katie Sylor-Miller, the front-end architect for Etsy. Island Architecture is also known as Partial Hydration (Partial Hydration) SEO Pages are SEO-friendly because all static information is rendered on the server. The architecture is ineffective for heavily interactive pages, such as social media apps, which would almost certainly require thousands of islands. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#html](https://daily.dev/tags/html) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/understand-island-architecture-and-how-the-client-receives-no-javascript-cdviuzv5t)