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React Router V5 vs V6

Arunava Modak on November 14, 2021

React Router version 6 was released recently, and it is important for us to understand the changes as it is one of the most widely used react libra...

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rkganeshan • Jul 3 '22

Hey @arunavamodak , liked this blog. Crisp content ; differences of the versions as well as the new implementation is dealt very well.

Henrik VT • Nov 16 '21

As someone who hasn't used React Router, what's the advantage of using this over a framework like Next.js or Gatsby?

Arunava Modak • Nov 17 '21

Well it totally depends on the requirement of your project.
If you want an SPA, you can use React and React Router, which takes care of your client-side routing. For something like Next.js it comes with it's own page based routing, I don't think we can implement SPA.

Johannes Mogashoa • Nov 21 '21

React Router is directly plugged into Next without you having to install it as a separate dependency. For instance, with Next when you add a new JS/TS or JSX/TSX file into the pages folder, it will automatically map out the path for you without you having to define it.

Lesley van der Pol • Nov 20 '21

I don't think there is an advantage of using React Router over Next.js or Gatsby. If you want the tools that Next or Gatsby offer then it makes sense to just go for those. If you're working on a more vanilla React project then you will generally see something like React Router in place to handle the routing.