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JavaScript Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js Handling Routes in Node.js Home Route

Roman Smolkin
Roman Smolkin
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Posted by Roman Smolkin
Roman Smolkin
969 Points

Benefit of routes

What is the benefit of using routes? And what's the difference between using routes in Node.js vs like AngularJS? Is there a limit to how many routes you can have? If you add a lot of routes, does performance get slow cause it has to go through hundreds of routes?

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Carlos Vieira
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Carlos Vieira
Courses Plus Student 1,345 Points
Carlos Vieira
Carlos Vieira
Courses Plus Student 1,345 Points

Routes are essential for single page applications. If you want to create a SPA you can do the routes manually using the HTML5 history.api and javaScript but it is easy to end up in a mess (depending on the project). Using routes libraries like the one I know 'react-router'/'react-router-dom' saves you lots of time and is much more stable. I think performance is not an issue here.