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Published inSep 2018
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Sagar Ganatra
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Sagar Ganatra

Sagar Ganatra is a frontend engineer and an architect from Bangalore, India. He has more than a decade of experience in developing web and mobile applications. He specializes in architecting projects using JavaScript and frameworks such as React, Angular, and Node. His previous books include Kendo UI Cookbook and Instant Kendo UI Mobile, both published by Packt Publishing. He also writes about frontend technologies in his blog, sagarganatra (dot) com.
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The <Redirect> component can be used to redirect the user from the current rendered route to a new route. The component accepts props: to and push. This redirection could be used when the components in the application have moved to a different directory, or when the user is not authorized to visit the page. The <Redirect> component is helpful when a user visits a protected route and only authorized users are allowed to view the page.

The <Switch> component is used when only one <Route> out of a list of <Route> should be rendered. The <Switch> component accepts a list of <Route> and <Redirect> components as its children, and sequentially searches for a matching <Route> or a <Redirect> component. When a match is found, <Switch> renders the component and stops looking for a matching path.

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Published in: Sep 2018Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781789532555

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Sagar Ganatra

Sagar Ganatra is a frontend engineer and an architect from Bangalore, India. He has more than a decade of experience in developing web and mobile applications. He specializes in architecting projects using JavaScript and frameworks such as React, Angular, and Node. His previous books include Kendo UI Cookbook and Instant Kendo UI Mobile, both published by Packt Publishing. He also writes about frontend technologies in his blog, sagarganatra (dot) com.
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