Angular 7 Routing: The Basics

Routing in Angular in one of the most common implementations any angular application will need to make it usable. In this exercise we’ll break things down into simple building blocks and get you routing a minutes!

We will cover the following topics:

  • Basic routing between components
  • Creating child components
  • Placing the router-outlet

app.module.ts

import {BrowserModule} from '@angular/platform-browser';
import {NgModule} from '@angular/core';

import {AppComponent} from './app.component';
import {HomeComponent} from './home/home.component';
import {ContactComponent} from './contact/contact.component';
import {MatButtonModule, MatToolbarModule} from '@angular/material';
import {RouterModule} from '@angular/router';

@NgModule({
    declarations: [

        AppComponent,
        HomeComponent,
        ContactComponent

    ],
    imports: [

        BrowserModule,

        MatToolbarModule,
        MatButtonModule,

        RouterModule.forRoot([

            {

                path: 'home',
                component: HomeComponent

            }, {

                path: 'contact',
                component: ContactComponent

            }

        ])

    ],
    providers: [],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule {
}

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