The <HashRouter> component is part of the react-router-dom package, and, similar to <BrowserRouter>, it's also used in building applications for the browser environment. The primary difference between <BrowserRouter> and <HashRouter> is the URL that the component creates:
A <BrowserRouter> creates a URL as follows:
www.packtpub.com/react-router
Whereas the <HashRouter> adds a hash to the URL:
www.packtpub.com/#/react-router
The <BrowserRouter> component leverages the HTML5 History API to keep track of the router history, whereas the <HashRouter> component uses window.location.hash (the hash portion of the URL) to remember the changes in the browser's history stack. The <BrowserRouter> should be used in building applications that work on modern browsers that support the HTML5's History...
