Basics of React Router
We have now looked at what we can accomplish through the browser's own built-in Location
APIs. Imagine a library that is far more fully featured and built to accommodate the explicit purpose of making single-page applications way easier to navigate via browser mechanisms that the user is likely very comfortable with. The React Router
library provides the functionalities that you require to make an application more interactive and intuitive. The library has gone through a few different revisions over the years, but the core of how to use it has remained similar across all iterations.
React Router provides several different built-in mechanisms for routing to components, handling default and error routes, and even more in-depth functionality such as dealing with authentication.
When we talk about React Router, a discussion of a few key components that will be imported and used while building the React Router project is necessary. So, let's get...