For a long time, proponents of Node have claimed the ability to share code between client and server as a benefit. While that was technically true, an enormous amount of customization (http://nerds.airbnb.com/isomorphic-ja...) or a complete devotion to a “magic” framework (https://www.meteor.com/) had been necessary to accomplish anything useful.
In May 2014, Facebook revealed Flux and a lot of smart people started hacking away to make server-side rendering useful.
In this Neil Duffy talk, we’ll be running through everything you need to get started with server-side rendering from a very high level.