React Router v4 gives you a simple and flexible way to handle routes in a React app. It uses normal React components, so your routing fits into the same mental model you use for the rest of your code. If you come from tools like Express, Angular, or Ember, this shift from static routes to dynamic routes may feel strange at first. This course helps you learn each key idea through clear examples and common real‑world cases.
You will walk through many routing patterns and build a full app as you learn. Each topic is small and focused, so you can move at your own pace and apply each idea right away.
Pre‑Requisites
You should know React and ES2015+, or you can take our React course first.
What You’ll Learn
- How React Router v4 thinks about routing
- URL params
- Client‑side routing basics
- Nested routes
- Programmatic navigation
- Redirects and auth flows
- 404 pages
- Handling ambiguous matches
- Using Redux with Router
- Passing props to Link
- Sidebars and breadcrumbs
- Route configs
- Custom Link components
- Blocking or shaping route changes
- Passing props to Router components
- Query strings
- Recursive routes
- Server rendering
- Code splitting
- Testing routes
- Route transitions
Who This Course Is For
- Developers new to React Router who want to learn its component‑based API
- Developers with some routing experience who want a deeper look at how React Router works
- Developers who want to add code splitting to their apps
- Developers who want to work with URL params
- Developers comparing hash history and HTML5 history
- Developers who need nested routes
- Developers who want to render a React app on the server
- Developers building sidebars or breadcrumb navigation
- Developers adding route animations
- Developers using Redux with React Router
- Developers who want to use Redirect or history.push for navigation
