What are nested routes?
Assesses fundamental understanding of Vue.js conventions, runtime behavior, and memory/performance considerations.
Hiring managers look for precision, avoidance of ambiguous jargon, and ability to explain trade-offs under real production conditions.
Generally, the app is composed of nested components which are nested multiple levels deep. The segments of a URL
corresponds to a certain structure of these nested components. To render components into the nested outlet, you
need to use the children option in VueRouter constructor config.
Let's take a user app composed of profile and posts nested components with respective routes. You can also define a
default route configuration when there is no matching nested route.
const router = new VueRouter({
routes: [
{ path: '/user/:id', component: User,
children: [
{
// UserProfile will be rendered inside User's <router-view> when /user/:id/profile is matched
path: 'profile',
component: UserProfile
},
{
// UserPosts will be rendered inside User's <router-view> when /user/:id/posts is matched
path: 'posts',
component: UserPosts
},
// UserHome will be rendered inside User's <router-view> when /user/:id is matched
{ path: '',
component: UserHome },
]
}
]
})
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