Adding the iron:router package

Routes are the URLs of a specific page in our app. In a server-side-rendered app, routes are defined either by the server's/framework's configuration or the folder structure on the server.

In a client-side app, routes are simply paths that the app will use to determine which pages to render.

The steps to perform inside the client are as follows:

1. The website is sent down to the client.
2. The JavaScript file (or files) is loaded and parsed.
3. The router code will check which current URL it is on and run the correct route function, which will then render the right templates.

   Tip

   To use routes in our app, we will make use of the iron:router package, a router specifically written for Meteor, which makes it easy to set up routes and combine them with subscriptions.

4. To add the package, we cancel any running Meteor instance, go to our my-meteor-blog folder, and type the following command:

   $ meteor add iron:router
   

5. If we are done with this, we can start Meteor again by...