Introduction and Overview

Greetings, fellow coders! Our mission today involves Nested Routing in React and the protection of secret paths using react-router-dom v6. We aim to master Nested Routes and Protected Routes in our React application!

We will:

  1. Discover Nested Routing.
  2. Set up routes using Outlet.
  3. Guard routes with the element.
  4. Explore other routes using Navigate.

Let's embark on this journey!

Understanding Nested Routing in React

Nested Routing involves defining a route within another — much like a set of Russian dolls. It's especially useful when building complex React applications.

Imagine creating a space travel blog. The homepage lists all the visited planets, and clicking a planet takes you to a “planet” page that shows various posts about your visit. These posts can then be further categorized, creating a nested route for easier navigation.

Setting Up Nested Routes with `Outlet` and `index` attribute

To guide our spaceship to nested voyages, we set up Nested Routes using the Outlet component in react-router-dom v6. The Outlet component acts as a placeholder for nested routes, like a docking bay where our spaceship can anchor when we travel within nested sections of our journey.

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