plain-purple•2w ago

define routes outside of app.tsx

When defining all routes and resources in app.tsx it gets pretty bloated. Is there a pattern to break out both routes and resources so that they can be defined closer to the pages that they define?

2 Replies

kapa.ai•2w ago

Hi @JuicyBenjamin. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave: ---------------------- Yes, there are patterns to define routes and resources outside of App.tsx in refine to keep your code more organized and maintainable. Here are a couple of approaches you can consider: 1. Separate Route Definitions: You can define your routes in separate files and import them into App.tsx. This helps keep your routing logic organized and closer to the components they relate to. For example, you could create a routes folder with files for different sections of your app:

   // src/routes/posts.tsx
   import { Route } from "react-router-dom";
   import { PostList, PostCreate, PostEdit } from "pages/posts";

   export const PostRoutes = (
     <Route path="posts">
       <Route index element={<PostList />} />
       <Route path="create" element={<PostCreate />} />
       <Route path="edit/:id" element={<PostEdit />} />
     </Route>
   );

   // src/routes/index.tsx
   import { PostRoutes } from "./posts";
   import { CategoryRoutes } from "./categories";

   export const AppRoutes = (
     <>
       {PostRoutes}
       {CategoryRoutes}
     </>
   );

   // src/routes/posts.tsx
   import { Route } from "react-router-dom";
   import { PostList, PostCreate, PostEdit } from "pages/posts";

   export const PostRoutes = (
     <Route path="posts">
       <Route index element={<PostList />} />
       <Route path="create" element={<PostCreate />} />
       <Route path="edit/:id" element={<PostEdit />} />
     </Route>
   );

   // src/routes/index.tsx
   import { PostRoutes } from "./posts";
   import { CategoryRoutes } from "./categories";

   export const AppRoutes = (
     <>
       {PostRoutes}
       {CategoryRoutes}
     </>
   );

Then in your App.tsx, you can import and use these routes:

   import { AppRoutes } from "./routes";

   function App() {
     return (
       // ...
       <Routes>
         {AppRoutes}
       </Routes>
       // ...
     );
   }

   import { AppRoutes } from "./routes";

   function App() {
     return (
       // ...
       <Routes>
         {AppRoutes}
       </Routes>
       // ...
     );
   }

2. Separate Resource Definitions: Similarly, you can define your resources in a separate file:

   // src/resources.ts
   export const resources = [
     {
       name: "posts",
       list: "/posts",
       create: "/posts/create",
       edit: "/posts/edit/:id",
     },
     {
       name: "categories",
       list: "/categories",
       show: "/categories/show/:id",
     },
   ];

   // App.tsx
   import { resources } from "./resources";
function App() {
     return (
       <Refine
         // ...
         resources={resources}
       >
         {/* ... */}
       </Refine>
     );
   }

   // src/resources.ts
   export const resources = [
     {
       name: "posts",
       list: "/posts",
       create: "/posts/create",
       edit: "/posts/edit/:id",
     },
     {
       name: "categories",
       list: "/categories",
       show: "/categories/show/:id",
     },
   ];

   // App.tsx
   import { resources } from "./resources";
function App() {
     return (
       <Refine
         // ...
         resources={resources}
       >
         {/* ... */}
       </Refine>
     );
   }

These approaches help keep your App.tsx file cleaner and make it easier to manage your routes and resources as your application grows. They also allow you to define routes and resources closer to the components they relate to, improving code organization. Documentation on React Router v6 Integration (https://refine.dev/docs/routing/integrations/react-router/#usage-with-layouts) provides more details on routing in refine, which you can adapt to create a structure that best fits your project's needs. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

kapa.ai•2w ago

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