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React Key Concepts

You're reading from  React Key Concepts

Product type Book
Published in Dec 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803234502
Pages 590 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Maximilian Schwarzmüller Maximilian Schwarzmüller
Profile icon Maximilian Schwarzmüller

Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface
1. React – What and Why 2. Understanding React Components and JSX 3. Components and Props 4. Working with Events and State 5. Rendering Lists and Conditional Content 6. Styling React Apps 7. Portals and Refs 8. Handling Side Effects 9. Behind the Scenes of React and Optimization Opportunities 10. Working with Complex State 11. Building Custom React Hooks 12. Multipage Apps with React Router 13. Managing Data with React Router 14. Next Steps and Further Resources Appendix

Summary and Key Takeaways

  • Routing is a key feature for many React apps.
  • With routing, users can visit multiple pages despite being on an SPA.
  • The most common package that helps with routing is the React Router library (react-router-dom).
  • Routes are defined with the help of the Routes and Route components (typically in the App component, but you can do it anywhere).
  • The Route component takes a path (for which the route should become active) and an element (the content that should be displayed) prop.
  • Users can navigate between routes by manually changing the URL path, by clicking links or because of programmatic navigation.
  • Internal links (i.e., links leading to application routes defined by you) should be created via the Link or NavLink components, while links to external resources use the standard <a> element.
  • Programmatic navigation is triggered via the navigate() function, which is yielded by the useNavigate() Hook.
  • You can define static...
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