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You can find the full code for this tutorial at https://codesandbox.io/s/url-params-dnql1.

AirBnB example

Let's take a live example to better understand URL params and unique IDs in URLs. Go to AirBnB and click on any room or apartment for rent. Pay attention to the URL of the page. You'll see the base URL, www.airbnb.ca (or www.airbnb.com). Then, you'll see /rooms, which is the path. Finally, there's the ID of the room itself. In the image below, the ID of this specific apartment is 49381739.

URL params

AirBnB URL example

Although AirBnB is built on Ruby on Rails, the same concept can be applied to a React application when we want unique IDs.

Create a router

In App.js, create your router. You can learn how to do so in the Reach Router tutorial. For now, I only have my Home page.

// App.js

import React from "react";
import { Router } from "@reach/router";

import Home from "./Home";

const App = () => {
  return (
    <Router>
      <Home path="/" />
    </Router>
  );
};

export default App;

Create a Course page

Create a course page, which is a template for each course that we'll have. I also added a Link at the bottom of the page, so users can go back to Home.

// Course.js

import React from "react";
import styled from "styled-components";
import { Link } from "@reach/router";

import backgroundImage from "./background.png";

const Course = () => {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Course page</h1>

      <Link to="/">Go back Home</Link>
    </div>
  );
};

export default Course;

Update the router

Import your Course component in the App.js file.

// App.js

import Course from "./Course";

In your body, add the Course component with a path that leads to /courses/:courseId. The :courseId part is the parameter (the course ID) that we'll pass to the component when we'll be calling it.

// App.js

<Course path="/courses/:courseId" />

Update Home

Back in Home, we'll use Link and add a few links to a few courses with different IDs.

// Home.js

import { Link } from "@reach/router";
// Home.js

<Link to="/courses/1111">Go to course ID 1111</Link>
<Link to="/courses/2222">Go to course ID 2222</Link>
<Link to="/courses/3333">Go to course ID 3333</Link>

Update Course

Let's update our course component so that we can display the course's ID through the props. To access it, we do props.courseId. Note that courseId should be the same as the param you provided in your router before.

// Course.js

import React from "react";
import styled from "styled-components";
import { Link } from "@reach/router";

import backgroundImage from "./background.png";

const Course = (props) => {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Course ID {props.courseId}</h1>

      <Link to="/">Go back Home</Link>
    </div>
  );
};

export default Course;

Now, when you navigate to a specific course, you'll see its ID in the page itself!

Course Id

Page with unique ID in URL

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Intro to React Hooks

An overview of React Hooks and the frameworks you can use to build your React application blazingly fast

3:39

2

Create your first React app

Create your first React project from the Terminal and save it on your local computer

4:23

3

React Component

Create your first JSX component using React

2:54

4

Styling in React

How to style your React components using inline styling, separate stylesheets or styled-components

5:06

5

Styles and Props

Render different styles depending on different properties passed to your component

2:22

6

Understanding Hooks

Learn about the basics of React Hooks, which introduced at React Conf 2018

3:21

7

useState Hook

Use the useState hook to manage local state in your React component

2:54

8

useEffect Hook

Manage with your component's lifecycle with the useEffect hook

3:41

9

useRef Hook

Learn about the useRef hook, which replaces the JavaScript getElementById way

3:00

10

Props

Learn about props in React to pass data from parent to child components

3:11

11

Conditional Rendering

Render different UIs depending on different conditions and states

4:21

12

Load Local Data

Load local JSON data into your React application

4:04

13

Fetch Data from an API

Learn the basics of asynchronous functions and promises by fetching data from an API using fetch, useEffect and useState

5:40

14

Toggle a state

Learn how to toggle a state from true to false and back again

4:05

15

useInput Hook

Create a hook to get the value and the onChange event of input fields

6:04

16

Gatsby and React

Create a static content-oriented website using React on Gatsby

6:44

17

NextJS and React

Create your first NextJS React application

5:24

18

React TypeScript Part 1

Learn how to create a React TypeScript application using the Create React App, Gatsby and NextJS methods

8:19

19

React TypeScript Part 2

Learn the basics of TypeScript and how to use TypeScript in a React component

7:35

20

useScrollPosition Hook

Create a custom hook to listen to the current window position of the user

4:26

21

useOnScreen hook

Create a custom hook to listen to when an element is visible on screen

8:08

22

useContext Hook

Manage global states throughout the entire application

8:32

23

Fragments

Group multiple children together with React Fragments

2:43

24

Lazy Loading

Lazy Load heavy components to improve performance

4:05

25

React Suspense

Wait for data with React Suspense and React.lazy

3:13

26

Environment Variables

Make environment variables secret with a .env file

4:43

27

Reach Router

Create a multiple-pages React application with Reach Router

5:31

28

URL Params

Create unique URL with URL Params

4:04

29

SEO and Metadata

Optimize a React application for search engines with React Helmet

6:47

30

Favicon

Add an icon to a React website

3:03

31

Dynamic Favicon

Change the favicon's fill color depending on the user's system appearance

2:14

32

PropTypes

Implement props type-checking with PropTypes

3:54

33

Custom PropTypes

Create a custom PropType using a validator function

3:58

34

useMemo Hook

Prevent unnecessary re-renders when the component stays the same

4:05

35

forwardRef Hook

Forward a ref to a child component

3:28

36

Handling Events

How to handle events in React

5:44

37

Spread attributes

Learn how to make use of the spread operator

3:35

38

useMousePosition Hook

Detect the user's mouse position on a bound element

4:55

39

useReducer with useContext Part 1

Create a reducer to be used in a context

7:33

40

useReducer with useContext Part 2

Incorporate useReducer with useContext

6:48

41

useReducer with useContext Part 3

Connect the context and reducer with the frontend

5:43

42

Netlify

Deploy to production using Netlify

5:08

43

Gatsby Cloud

Deploy to production using Gatsby Cloud

6:19

44

Gatsby Plugin Image

Use gatsby-plugin-image for automatic image resizing, formatting, and higher performance

8:11

45

useOnClickOutside Hook

Toggle a modal visibility with a useOnClickOutside hook

6:32

46

useWindowSize Hook

Create a hook to determine the width and height of the window

4:14

47

usePageBottom hook

Detect if the user scrolled to the bottom of the page

4:48

48

useLocalStorage Hook

Store an item in a browser's local storage

5:27

49

Three.js in React Part 1

Bring your website to life with beautiful 3D objects

17:33

50

Three.js in React Part 2

Bring your website to life with beautiful 3D objects

11:18