Talk by Dani Akash on converting legacy websites to server-side rendering using Vite and Nitro.

• Community: Chennai React
• Event: Chennai React Meetup #15
• Date: November 29, 2025
• Speaker: Dani Akash
• Video: YouTube recording

This talk is a practical walkthrough of how to move a legacy client-rendered site toward SSR using Vite and Nitro. The repo includes the original legacy app, the Nitro-based SSR version, supporting content, and the slide deck used in the session.

legacy-app/    Legacy client-rendered app used as the starting point
nitro-app/     Vite + Nitro SSR version
content/       Example content consumed by the Nitro app
nitro-slides/  Presentation deck for the talk

cd legacy-app
npm install
npm start

cd nitro-app
npm install
npm run dev

To build and preview the Nitro app:

cd nitro-app
npm run build
npm run preview

cd nitro-slides
npm install
npm start