Angular·Angular from components to production

Routing

Map URLs to standalone components and guard private pages.

Intermediate 13 min read Lesson 8 of 300 Challenge included

What you will be able to do

Use provideRouter with route definitions.
Lazy load feature components.
Pass params as component inputs.
Guard private routes with a functional guard.

In plain English

Angular Router matches URLs to component trees. Lazy load large features with loadComponent, read params through the route snapshot or an input binding, and guard private pages with a functional guard.

app.routes.tsTYPESCRIPT

import { Routes } from '@angular/router'
import { authGuard } from './auth.guard'

export const routes: Routes = [
  { path: '', loadComponent: () => import('./home.component').then((m) => m.HomeComponent) },
  {
    path: 'courses/:slug',
    loadComponent: () => import('./course.component').then((m) => m.CourseComponent),
    canActivate: [authGuard],
  },
]

Your turn

Pass a route param as input

Easy

Configure a route so :slug is available as a component input.

TYPESCRIPT · starter

provideRouter(routes)

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Knowledge checkQuestion 1

What does loadComponent enable?

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