🚀 Navigation Router

A lightweight, modern, and powerful React routing library built from scratch. Create single-page applications (SPAs) with declarative routing, dynamic parameters, lazy loading, and full browser history support.

📚 View Full Documentation | Live Examples | API Reference

✨ Features

• 🎯 Declarative Routing - Define routes with intuitive <Router>, <Route>, and <Link> components
• 🔗 Dynamic Parameters - Support for route parameters using path-to-regexp
• ⚡ Lazy Loading - Code-split your routes for optimal performance
• 🔄 Browser History - Full support for browser back/forward navigation
• 🎨 404 Handling - Built-in support for default/fallback routes
• 🛡️ Error Boundaries - Graceful error handling with RouterErrorBoundary
• 🧪 Well Tested - 28 comprehensive tests with Vitest and Testing Library
• 📦 Lightweight - Only 5.9 kB (gzipped) with minimal dependencies
• 🔧 TypeScript Support - Full TypeScript definitions included
• 📝 JSDoc Comments - Complete inline documentation
• 🚀 Production Ready - Battle-tested and optimized for performance
• 🌍 i18n Support - Internationalization-friendly routing patterns

📦 Installation

npm install 07-navegation-router

yarn add 07-navegation-router

pnpm add 07-navegation-router

� Documentation & Examples

🌐 Full documentation and interactive examples are available on our GitHub Pages site:

👉 https://carloscg2000.github.io/React-Router/

The documentation site includes:

• 📖 Complete API Documentation - Detailed guides for all components
• 💻 Interactive Examples - Try the router live in your browser
• 🎯 Basic Routing Example - Get started quickly
• 🔗 Dynamic Routes Example - Learn parameter handling
• 🛡️ Error Handling Example - Robust error boundary patterns
• ⚡ Performance Benchmarks - See how fast the router is
• 📝 TypeScript Support - Full type definitions and examples

�🚀 Quick Start

import { Router, Route, Link } from "07-navegation-router";

function App() {
  return (
    <Router>
      <nav>
        <Link to="/">Home</Link>
        <Link to="/about">About</Link>
        <Link to="/users/123">User Profile</Link>
      </nav>

      <Route path="/" Component={Home} />
      <Route path="/about" Component={About} />
      <Route path="/users/:id" Component={UserProfile} />
      <Route path="/404" Component={NotFound} />
    </Router>
  );
}

function Home() {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Home Page</h1>
      <Link to="/about">Go to About</Link>
    </div>
  );
}

function About() {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>About Page</h1>
      <Link to="/">Back to Home</Link>
    </div>
  );
}

function UserProfile({ routeParams }) {
  // Access route parameters
  return <h1>User Profile #{routeParams.id}</h1>;
}

function NotFound() {
  return <h1>404 - Page Not Found</h1>;
}

📖 API Reference

<Router>

The main container component that enables routing in your application.

<Router defaultComponent={NotFound}>{/* Your routes go here */}</Router>

Props:

• defaultComponent (React.Component, optional): Component to render when no route matches (404 handler)
• routes (Array, optional): Array of route objects for programmatic routing
• children (React.Node): Route components

<Route>

Defines a route with a specific path and component to render.

Props:

• path (string): The URL path pattern (supports parameters like /users/:id)
• Component (React.Component): The component to render when the path matches

<Route path="/products/:id" Component={ProductDetail} />

Route Parameters:

The matched component receives routeParams as a prop:

function ProductDetail({ routeParams }) {
  const { id } = routeParams;
  return <h1>Product {id}</h1>;
}

<Link>

Declarative navigation component for client-side routing without page reloads.

Props:

• to (string): The destination path
• target (string, optional): Link target attribute (e.g., _blank)
• Any other props are passed to the underlying <a> element

<Link to="/about">About Us</Link>
<Link to="/docs" target="_blank">Documentation</Link>
<Link to="/contact" className="nav-link">Contact</Link>

navigate(path)

Programmatic navigation function for imperatively changing routes.

import { navigate } from "07-navegation-router";

function handleLogin() {
  // Perform login logic
  navigate("/dashboard");
}

<RouterErrorBoundary>

Error boundary component for catching and handling routing errors gracefully.

Props:

• fallback (React.Component | React.Element, optional): Custom error fallback UI
• children (React.Node): Components to wrap

import { Router, Route, RouterErrorBoundary } from "07-navegation-router";

function App() {
  return (
    <RouterErrorBoundary fallback={<ErrorPage />}>
      <Router>
        <Route path="/" Component={Home} />
        <Route path="/error" Component={BuggyComponent} />
      </Router>
    </RouterErrorBoundary>
  );
}

function ErrorPage({ error, resetError }) {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Something went wrong</h1>
      <pre>{error.message}</pre>
      <button onClick={resetError}>Try again</button>
    </div>
  );
}

🎯 Advanced Usage

Dynamic Route Parameters

Access route parameters in your components:

import { Router, Route, Link } from "07-navegation-router";

function App() {
  return (
    <Router>
      <Route path="/blog/:slug" Component={BlogPost} />
      <Route path="/users/:userId/posts/:postId" Component={UserPost} />
    </Router>
  );
}

function BlogPost({ routeParams }) {
  const { slug } = routeParams;
  return <article>Post: {slug}</article>;
}

function UserPost({ routeParams }) {
  const { userId, postId } = routeParams;
  return (
    <div>
      User {userId}, Post {postId}
    </div>
  );
}

Lazy Loading Routes

Improve performance by code-splitting your routes:

import { lazy, Suspense } from "react";

const Dashboard = lazy(() => import("./pages/Dashboard"));

function App() {
  return (
    <Router>
      <Suspense fallback={<div>Loading...</div>}>
        <Route path="/dashboard" Component={Dashboard} />
      </Suspense>
    </Router>
  );
}

404 Fallback Routes

Define a default route for unmatched paths:

<Router>
  <Route path="/" Component={Home} />
  <Route path="/about" Component={About} />
  <Route path="/404" Component={NotFound} />
</Router>

Programmatic Navigation

Use the navigate function for imperative routing:

import { navigate } from "07-navegation-router";

function LoginForm() {
  const handleSubmit = async (e) => {
    e.preventDefault();
    const success = await login();
    if (success) {
      navigate("/dashboard");
      window.scrollTo(0, 0); // Optional: scroll to top
    }
  };

  return <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>...</form>;
}

// Navigate with state
function goToProfile() {
  navigate("/profile");
  // The navigation event is automatically dispatched
}

Error Handling

Protect your routes with error boundaries:

import { RouterErrorBoundary, Router, Route } from "07-navegation-router";

function App() {
  return (
    <RouterErrorBoundary
      fallback={({ error, resetError }) => (
        <div>
          <h2>Oops! Something went wrong</h2>
          <details>
            <summary>Error details</summary>
            <pre>{error.message}</pre>
          </details>
          <button onClick={resetError}>Reset</button>
          <button onClick={() => navigate("/")}>Go Home</button>
        </div>
      )}
    >
      <Router>
        <Route path="/" Component={Home} />
        <Route path="/risky" Component={RiskyComponent} />
      </Router>
    </RouterErrorBoundary>
  );
}

TypeScript Support

Full TypeScript definitions are included:

import {
  Router,
  Route,
  Link,
  navigate,
  RouterErrorBoundary,
} from "07-navegation-router";
import type { RouteParams, RouteComponentProps } from "07-navegation-router";

interface UserProfileProps extends RouteComponentProps {
  routeParams: {
    id: string;
  };
}

const UserProfile: React.FC<UserProfileProps> = ({ routeParams }) => {
  return <h1>User {routeParams.id}</h1>;
};

// Type-safe navigation
navigate("/users/123");

🏗️ Project Structure

navegation-router/
├── src/
│   ├── components/
│   │   ├── Router.jsx          # Main router component
│   │   ├── Route.jsx           # Route definition component
│   │   ├── Link.jsx            # Navigation link component
│   │   ├── ErrorBoundary.jsx   # Error boundary component
│   │   ├── Router.test.jsx     # Router tests (13 tests)
│   │   ├── Link.test.jsx       # Link tests (10 tests)
│   │   └── Route.test.jsx      # Route tests (5 tests)
│   ├── utils/
│   │   ├── consts.js           # Constants
│   │   ├── getCurrentPath.js   # Path utility
│   │   └── navigation.js       # Navigation utilities
│   ├── index.jsx               # Main entry point
│   └── navigation.js           # Navigation exports
├── lib/                        # Compiled output (published to npm)
├── docs/                       # Documentation site
├── examples/                   # Interactive examples
├── benchmarks/                 # Performance benchmarks
├── .github/workflows/          # CI/CD pipelines
│   ├── ci.yml                  # Test & lint automation
│   └── pages.yml               # GitHub Pages deployment
├── package.json
├── LICENSE                     # MIT License
├── CHANGELOG.md               # Version history
├── CONTRIBUTING.md            # Contribution guidelines
└── README.md

🧪 Testing

This library is thoroughly tested using:

• Vitest - Fast unit test framework
• Happy DOM - Lightweight DOM implementation
• Testing Library - React component testing utilities

Test Coverage:

• ✅ 28 tests passing
• ✅ Router component (13 tests)
• ✅ Link component (10 tests)
• ✅ Route component (5 tests)

npm run test        # Run tests once
npm run test:watch  # Watch mode
npm run test:ui     # UI mode
npm run bench       # Run performance benchmarks

📊 Performance

Benchmarks show excellent performance:

• Route Matching: ~0.05ms per route
• Bundle Size: 5.9 kB gzipped
• Tree-shakeable: Import only what you need

Run benchmarks yourself:

npm run bench

🛠️ Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run development server
npm run dev

# Build the library
npm run prepare

# Run tests
npm run test

📝 Browser Support

• ✅ Chrome (latest)
• ✅ Firefox (latest)
• ✅ Safari (latest)
• ✅ Edge (latest)

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Contributing Guidelines before submitting a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Write tests for your changes
4. Ensure all tests pass (npm test)
5. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
6. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
7. Open a Pull Request

See CONTRIBUTING.md for detailed guidelines.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

👨‍💻 Author

Carlos Caño Gómez

• GitHub: @CarlosCG2000
• npm: 07-navegation-router

📚 Resources & Links

🌐 Documentation

• 📖 Official Documentation Site - Complete guides and API reference
• 💻 Interactive Examples - Try the router in your browser
• � Changelog - Version history and updates

�📦 Package

• 📦 npm Package - Install from npm registry
• � GitHub Repository - Source code

🤝 Community

• �🐛 Report Issues - Bug reports and feature requests
• 💡 Contributing Guide - How to contribute
• ⭐ Star on GitHub - Show your support!

🚀 CI/CD

• ✅ CI Pipeline - Automated testing
• 📄 Pages Deployment - Documentation site status

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Special thanks to Midudev for his invaluable educational content and didactic approach to teaching React and modern web development. His tutorials and courses were a significant inspiration for this project.
• Inspired by React Router and modern routing libraries
• Built with modern React best practices and hooks
• Powered by path-to-regexp for advanced pattern matching
• Tested with Vitest and React Testing Library
• Compiled with SWC for blazing-fast builds

🎓 Learning Resources

• Midudev's YouTube Channel - Excellent React tutorials in Spanish
• Midudev's Courses - In-depth web development courses

🔄 Version History

See CHANGELOG.md for a detailed version history.

Latest Release: v0.3.1

• ✅ TypeScript definitions
• ✅ Error boundary support
• ✅ 28 comprehensive tests
• ✅ Performance benchmarks
• ✅ Interactive examples
• ✅ CI/CD automation

🔗 Related Projects

• React Router - The most popular React routing library
• Wouter - Minimalist routing for React
• Reach Router - Accessible routing library

📊 Keywords

react, router, routing, spa, single-page-application, navigation, react-router, client-side-routing, declarative-routing, dynamic-routes, lazy-loading, history-api, browser-history, lightweight-router, minimal-router

🌟 Ready to Get Started?

Visit our Documentation Site for:

• 📖 Complete guides and tutorials
• 💻 Live, interactive examples you can try in your browser
• 🎯 Step-by-step implementation guides
• 🛡️ Best practices and patterns
• ⚡ Performance optimization tips

Made with ❤️ by Carlos Caño Gómez

If you find this project useful, please consider:

• ⭐ Starring the GitHub Repository
• 📢 Sharing it with other developers
• 🐛 Reporting issues to help improve it
• 🤝 Contributing to the project

Happy routing! 🚀