Building Modern UIs with React Router v6

1. Routing Basics
   • The fundamental of routing
   • Install React Router DOM and connect to the browser's URL.
   • Configure your first route.
   • Use Link to navigate between pages.
   • Create a navigation with Link and Route.
2. Nested Routes and URL Parameters.
   • How nested routing works.
   • Create a 404 or No Match Route.
   • Define placeholders to create dynamic routes.
   • Read and display URL parameters.
   • Display active links.
   • Render a nested UI from route matches.
3. Take Routing Further
   • Index routes.
   • Navigate programmatically.
   • Pass data when navigating programmatically.
   • Pass location state.

Routing Basics

• Single Page Applications A single webpage that runs in the browser and looks and functions like a multipage application.

• Routings The process of navigating users between different parts of the application when they visit a specific URL. Routing Features:

  • Keep track of browser history.
  • Link users to specific sections of an app.
  • Handle redirecting when user perform certain actions

• Where Can You use React Router?

  • On the web
  • On the server with Node.js
  • On mobile devices with React Native

• React Router DOM Includes the core functionality of React Router and DOM-specific APIs, components, and Hooks to implement dynamic routing in web application.

• Link Changes the URL and navigates to another view without reloading the page.

  • Link and Route Challenge
  1. Create a link for /home
  2. Create a link for /about
  3. Declare a route that renders <About> when the path is /about
  4. Place the Header and Nav in a new Header component

• URL Parameters URL parameters act as placeholders that match a specific portion of a URL.

• useParams()

  • A React Router
  • Hook to access URL parameters within a component

• Render a Nested UI

  • Define a route that renders the <Session> component when the URL is "categories/:catId/:sessionId"
  • Make each session a link that displays as the active link when clicked.
  • Instruct React Router where to render <Session> inside <Category>
  • Use the React Router Hook that returns the :catId and :sessionId parameters from the current URL.

• useNavigate() A Hook that lets you navigate programmatically

• useLocation() Returns a location object containing information about the current URL

• Pass Location State

  • Collect a name in the registration form
  • Pass the value of the name input to the Confirmation component via location state.
  • Display the submitted name in the confirmation message.

Installing

1. To use these exercise files, you must have the following installed:
   • Node.js
2. Clone this repository into your local machine using the terminal (Mac), CMD (Windows), or a GUI tool like SourceTree.
3. Run npm install to install all project dependencies, then npm start to run and launch the app
4. Exercise Files

Instructor

Guil Hernandez

Software Development Instructor and Developer