{"id":74,"date":"2025-01-22T04:42:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T04:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techkubo.com\/react\/?p=74"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:41:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T09:41:40","slug":"react-router","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techkubo.com\/react\/react-router\/","title":{"rendered":"React Router"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While Create React App doesn’t include page routing out-of-the-box, React Router is the most popular solution for handling routing in React applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding React Router to Your Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To incorporate React Router into your application, execute the following command in your terminal from the root directory of your project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

npm install -D react-router-dom<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Note<\/strong>: This tutorial uses React Router v6. If you’re upgrading from v5, use the @latest flag:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
npm install -D react-router-dom@latest<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Folder Structure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
To create a multi-page application, we’ll organize our files as follows. In the src<\/code> directory, create a pages<\/code> folder with the following files:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • src\/pages\/<\/code>:<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Layout.js<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Home.js<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Articles.js<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • ContactMe.js<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • NotFound.js<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    Each of these files will contain a basic React component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    <\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Basic Usage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Next, we’ll use our Router in the index.js<\/code> file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Use React Router to navigate to different pages based on the URL:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    import ReactDOM from "react-dom\/client";\nimport { BrowserRouter, Routes, Route } from "react-router-dom";\nimport Layout from ".\/pages\/Layout";\nimport Home from ".\/pages\/Home";\nimport Articles from ".\/pages\/Articles";\nimport ContactMe from ".\/pages\/ContactMe";\nimport NotFound from ".\/pages\/NotFound";\n\nexport default function App() {\n  return (\n    <BrowserRouter>\n      <Routes>\n        <Route path="\/" element={<Layout \/>}>\n          <Route index element={<Home \/>} \/>\n          <Route path="articles" element={<Articles \/>} \/>\n          <Route path="contact-me" element={<ContactMe \/>} \/>\n          <Route path="*" element={<NotFound \/>} \/>\n        <\/Route>\n      <\/Routes>\n    <\/BrowserRouter>\n  );\n}\n\nconst root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root'));\nroot.render(<App \/>);<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
    <\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Example Explanation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • First, we wrap our content with <BrowserRouter><\/code>. Then, we define our <Routes><\/code>. An application can have multiple <Routes><\/code> components, but our basic example uses just one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • <Route><\/code> elements can be nested. The first <Route><\/code> has a path of \/<\/code> and renders the Layout<\/code> component. The nested <Route><\/code> elements inherit and extend the parent route. For instance, the articles<\/code> path becomes \/articles<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The Home<\/code> component’s route has no path but includes an index<\/code> attribute, designating it as the default route for the parent path, which is \/<\/code>. Setting the path to *<\/code> acts as a catch-all for undefined URLs, which is useful for a 404 error page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      <\/p>\n\n\n\n
      Pages \/ Components<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      The Layout<\/code> component includes <Outlet><\/code> and <Link><\/code> elements. The <Outlet><\/code> renders the matched child route, while <Link><\/code> is used to set the URL and maintain browsing history. For internal navigation, we use <Link><\/code> instead of <a href=\"\"><\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      The “layout route” is a shared component that displays common content across all pages, like a navigation menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      Layout.js:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      import { Outlet, Link } from "react-router-dom";\n\nconst Layout = () => {\n  return (\n    <>\n      <nav>\n        <ul>\n          <li>\n            <Link to="\/">Home<\/Link>\n          <\/li>\n          <li>\n            <Link to="\/articles">Articles<\/Link>\n          <\/li>\n          <li>\n            <Link to="\/contact-me">Contact Me<\/Link>\n          <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n\n      <Outlet \/>\n    <\/>\n  );\n};\n\nexport default Layout;<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
      Home.js:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      const Home = () => {\n  return <h1>Home<\/h1>;\n};\n\nexport default Home;<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
      Articles.js:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      const Articles = () => {\n  return <h1>Articles<\/h1>;\n};\n\nexport default Articles;<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
      ContactMe.js:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      const ContactMe = () => {\n  return <h1>Contact Me<\/h1>;\n};\n\nexport default ContactMe;<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
      NotFound.js:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      const NotFound = () => {\n  return <h1>404 - Page Not Found<\/h1>;\n};\n\nexport default NotFound;<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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