Understanding Browser Routing
Modern web browsers have History
and Location
APIs that provide access, through the browser, to the different parts of the browser's history, location, and state. By using this functionality, you will be able to effectively handle routing. For example, the History
API in modern browsers exposes the web browser's current session state and allows you to manipulate that state, either by moving forward using forward()
, moving backward using back()
, or moving to a specific point in the history using go()
.
The Location APIs allow JavaScript code to inspect the current location and path through the window.location.href
and window.location.path
properties and pull different types of information from it, allowing developers to figure out the navigation paths on a website and handle them accordingly.
React Router is a library for React that handles navigation and URLs and translates them into displaying the appropriate component for the URL.
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