Static sites, dynamic sites
A server-side static webpage is one that's stored on a server and delivered to you without any processing. (It might be made by an SSG.)
A server-side dynamic webpage is one that's built on the fly by a server, then sent to you (aka SSR).
A client-side static webpage doesn't use JavaScript.
A client-side dynamic webpage is one where the DOM is updated on the fly using JavaScript, perhaps making more HTTP requests to the server. A single-page application (SPA) is a website If a single page has different 'modes', that's a single-page application (SPA).
You can be dynamic on a server but static on the client-side; or static on a server but dynamic on the client; or dynamic on both; or static on both. How would you sort each of these pages?
- Powder Game 2 (dan-ball.jp)
- the Lua 5.4 reference
- infinite scrolling feed (mastodon.gamedev.place)
- Sandhill crane (Wikipedia)
- drawing tool (todepond.com)
- Pokémon fun facts
- This website used to use PHP - what difference does that make?