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JavaScript React Router Basics Going Further with Routes Passing props to Routes

Lucas Santos
Lucas Santos
19,315 Points
Posted by Lucas Santos
Lucas Santos
19,315 Points

Does this mean that when passing in Props to a Route you don't need to define what kind of prop it takes?

Normally when passing in Props to a component we would need to define it's structure with PropTypes then define it's type such as String, Array or Shape for the objects.

example: 

Greeting.propTypes = {
  name: React.PropTypes.string,
};

<Component name="Bob" />

Now when he passed in the props to Routes we did not need to define anything... does this work like getDefaultProps() ?

Christian Blume
Christian Blume
10,424 Points
Christian Blume
Christian Blume
10,424 Points

Hey Lucas,

defining which props a Component will receive isn't mandatory. It is good style though and can prevent you from making mistakes.

So, to answer your question: No, you definitely don't need to specify which props CourseContainerwill receive.