react-routing.md

React and Routing

Routing

• Routing React Apps: The Complete Guide
  https://scotch.io/tutorials/routing-react-apps-the-complete-guide
  An in-depth article covering use of React-Router (v2)

• Do I Even Need a Routing Library?
  http://jamesknelson.com/even-need-routing-library/
  Another excellent article from James K Nelson that digs into the core concepts behind a topic, this time looking at what routing libraries do, issues with browser history, and what to consider when deciding on a routing approach.

• Webpack code splitting with Create React App and React Router
  https://www.drewbolles.com/blog/2016/11/14/webpack-code-splitting-with-create-react-app-react-router/
  A quick example of how to use React-Router's hooks to set up code splitting with Webpack

• Multifactor Authentication in your React Apps
  https://scotch.io/tutorials/multifactor-authentication-in-your-react-apps
  A tutorial demonstrating how to use the Auth0 service, along with React Router, to implement multi-factor authentication for an app.

• How to Handle Routing in React
  https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/understanding-how-to-handle-routing-in-react--cms-27355
  A quick example of using React-Router v2 in a small React app

• React-router alternative: switch
  https://medium.com/@daveford/react-router-alternative-switch-acd7961f08db
  Some examples of simply using switch statements and the history API for routing

• Routing in React, the uncomplicated way
  https://hackernoon.com/routing-in-react-the-uncomplicated-way-b2c5ffaee997
  Examples of how to implement a custom routing approach, with minimal external dependencies.

• Build your own React Router v4
  https://tylermcginnis.com/build-your-own-react-router-v4/
  Tyler McGinnis, a React Training partner, walks through the process of building a miniature version of React Router v4 to help explain its concepts and implementation.

• A little bit of history
  https://medium.com/@pshrmn/a-little-bit-of-history-f245306f48dd
  A deep look at the "history" library, which is the core of React Router and used by other routing libraries as well.

• Building a context-free React router
  https://reactarmory.com/guides/context-free-react-router
  A tutorial that teaches how to create a simple push-state based React router without relying on React's context API.

• All About React Router 4
  https://css-tricks.com/react-router-4/
  A deep look at patterns and strategies for using React-Router v4 successfully.

• React Router DOM: set-up, essential components, & parameterized routes
  https://blog.logrocket.com/react-router-dom-set-up-essential-components-parameterized-routes-505dc93642f1
  An introduction to the concept of a router, setting up React-Router, essential parts of the library, and how to build routes that have parameters.

• Advanced React Router concepts: recursive path, code splitting, animated transitions, and more
  https://blog.logrocket.com/advanced-react-router-concepts-code-splitting-animated-transitions-scroll-restoration-recursive-17096c0cf9db
  A tutorial that demonstrates how to implement a variety of useful features using React-Router v4.

• React Router 4 Tutorial From Scratch
  https://appdividend.com/2017/09/12/react-router-tutorial-example-scratch/
  A short tutorial demonstrating use of React Router v4

• React Router v4 Unofficial Migration Guide
  https://codeburst.io/react-router-v4-unofficial-migration-guide-5a370b8905a
  Practical advice and specific steps needed to migrate an app from React-Router v3 to v4.

• Introduction to React Router
  https://dev.to/aurelkurtula/introduction-to-react-router-ha
  A quick look at the basics of React-Router v4.

• React Router DOM, plain and simple
  http://coding4real.com/2017/12/19/using-react-router-dom/
  An introduction that shows how to add React-Router to a basic React app, and describes the basic API.

• React Router v4: The Complete Guide
  https://www.sitepoint.com/react-router-v4-complete-guide/
  A detailed tutorial that covers the React Router v4 API and concepts, with many examples

• React Router v4: Philosophy and Introduction
  https://tylermcginnis.com/react-router-philosophy-introduction/
  A deep look at the history of React Router, and how v4 works as "just components".

• Server Rendering, Code Splitting, and Lazy Loading with React Router v4
  https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/server-rendering-code-splitting-and-lazy-loading-with-react-router-v4-bfe596a6af70
  Technical discussion of the problems involved in code-splitting server rendered apps, and how Airbnb has implemented solutions using React-Router v4 and Babel.

• URL Parameters with React Router
  https://tylermcginnis.com/react-router-url-parameters/
  Tyler McGinnis gives a short example of how to use parameters from the current URL in a component with React-Router v4

• Using React Router v4 with create-react-app
  https://codingblast.com/react-router-create-react-app/
  Explains key concepts of React-Router v4, and gives examples of using it in a CRA project

Routing with Redux

• Let the URL Do the Talking
  http://formidable.com/blog/2016/07/11/let-the-url-do-the-talking-part-1-the-pain-of-react-router-in-redux/
  http://formidable.com/blog/2016/07/19/let-the-url-do-the-talking-part-2-bargaining-and-acceptance-with-redux-and-react-router/
  http://formidable.com/blog/2016/07/25/let-the-url-do-the-talking-part-3-empower-the-url-with-redux-little-router/
  http://formidable.com/blog/2016/09/13/introducing-nested-routing-in-redux-little-router/
  A series of articles discussing pain points when using React-Router and Redux together, and introducing a library called Redux-Little-Router as an alternative

• An Introduction to the Redux-First Routing Model
  https://medium.freecodecamp.com/an-introduction-to-the-redux-first-routing-model-98926ebf53cb
  An article that argues in favor of keeping location state in Redux, updating it with actions, and syncing the browser URL based on that state. Includes a sample implementation for the approach, and a link to the actual library the author built.

• Pre Release: Redux-First Router - A Step Beyond Redux-Little-Router
  https://medium.com/faceyspacey/pre-release-redux-first-router-a-step-beyond-redux-little-router-cd2716576aea
  An opinionated article that argues against the approaches used by both React-Router and Redux-Little-Router, in favor of basing routing state in Redux, with a corresponding new library.

• Routedux - Routing the Redux way
  https://cjdev.github.io/routedux/
  An article introducing a library that maps URLs to actions and vice versa.

• Entering/Leaving hooks of routing for Redux apps
  https://medium.com/@kuy/entering-leaving-hooks-of-routing-for-react-redux-app-22e6eea055a5
  Discusses use of enter/leave routing hooks for handling component data fetching needs, and how that is handled with the author's Redux-based routing library.

• Routes as State in React
  https://blog.boon.gl/2017/06/29/routes-as-state-in-react.html
  Some thoughts on why tracking route data as state might make sense, and some examples of how to approach that.

• Redux-First Router data fetching; solving the 80% use case for async middleware
  https://medium.com/faceyspacey/redux-first-router-data-fetching-solving-the-80-use-case-for-async-middleware-14529606c262
  An extended article discussing "component-first" vs "route-first" data fetching approaches, and how the author's library helps solve the "route-first" approach.

• Redux-First Router: Just Dispatch Actions
  https://survivejs.com/blog/redux-first-router-interview/
  An interview with the author of the redux-first-router library. The author describes the core concepts, how it differs from React-Router, useful features, and why he developed it.

• A Redux First Router Saga
  https://medium.com/@bryanfillmer/a-redux-first-router-saga-67c2cda9252e
  Examples and discussion of how to use sagas in conjunction with Redux-based routing to handle side effects that are connected to route changes.

• Redux First Router - First Impressions
  https://www.dailydrip.com/topics/react/drips/redux-first-router-first-impressions
  A short tutorial that shows how to add redux-first-router to a CRA project and configure it.

• React Router to Redux First Router
  https://medium.com/@jonsamp/react-router-to-redux-first-router-2fea05c4c2b7
  Describes some of the problems the Codecademy team had using React-Router in conjunction with Redux, and why they switched to Redux-First-Router instead.

Authentication

• How to Build a React Application with User Login and Authentication
  https://stormpath.com/blog/build-a-react-app-with-user-authentication
  Builds a small React app from the ground up, with use of React-Router for routing and the Stormpath SDK to handle authentication and authorization.

• JWT Authentication with React + Redux
  http://www.thegreatcodeadventure.com/jwt-authentication-with-react-redux/
  Demonstrates handling sign-in flow, including a dynamic login/logout link, and implementing routes that can only be seen by logged-in users.

• Role-based authorization using React-Router
  http://frontendinsights.com/role-based-authorization-using-react-router/
  A look at some ways to control component routes based on user roles

• Role based authorization in React
  https://hackernoon.com/role-based-authorization-in-react-c70bb7641db4
  Some alternative approaches to the previous post, using React component patterns like Higher Order Components to control authorization and rendering

• Dealing with Authentication in React
  https://medium.com/@nesbtesh/dealing-with-authentication-in-react-cadb679fbc0f
  Some short examples of saving an authentication token, writing queries to use and update that token, and checking the token when rendering components.

• Preact Authentication Tutorial
  https://auth0.com/blog/preact-authentication-tutorial/
  A tutorial that demonstrates how to build an app with Preact, including authentication, and makes some comparisons to doing so in React.

• How to Implement Authentication for Your React App
  https://medium.appbase.io/how-to-implement-authentication-for-your-react-app-cf09eef3bb0b
  https://medium.appbase.io/securing-a-react-web-app-with-server-side-authentication-1b7c7dc55c16
  A pair of posts that demonstrate implementing both client-side and server-side authentication behavior for a React/Node app.

• Protected Routes and Authentication with React Router v4
  https://tylermcginnis.com/react-router-protected-routes-authentication/
  A great tutorial that shows how to create routes that only authenticated users can access.

• Securing a React Web App with Authorization Rules
  https://medium.appbase.io/securing-a-react-web-app-with-authorization-rules-2e43bf5592ca
  A tutorial that shows how to add authorization and authentication to a Todo app

• Composing authorizing into React apps
  https://medium.com/@sarat1669/composing-authorization-into-react-apps-180fa3c18d1
  Examples of generic auth management at the component level, using a package called react-identity.