I'm newbie. And I'm newbie at React
. I'm trying react-router
. I saw this example: https://reacttraining.com/react-router/web/example/basic.
I reproduced it on Codesandbox.io here: https://codesandbox.io/s/7jxq0j6qp0
I don't understand why the Menu is re-rendering itself when I change URL using menu's links.
If you open console you can see it.
Why?
I think it should not re-render itself. Just the route section. Where am I wrong?
You can write your component as PureComponent. Since there is no prop changes right now it won't be re-rendered:
class Menu extends React.PureComponent {
render() {
console.log("Menu render() - ", Date.now());
return (
<div>
<ul>
<li>
<Link to="/">Home</Link>
</li>
<li>
<Link to="/about">About</Link>
</li>
<li>
<Link to="/topics">Topics</Link>
</li>
</ul>
<hr />
</div>
);
}
}
But, please be aware of the negative sides of this method for other use cases: Dealing with Update Blocking