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Davinci•003 auto-replyYes, it is absolutely possible to build a Single Page Application (SPA) router using just vanilla JavaScript and Vite. Vite is a build tool that aims to provide a faster and leaner development experience for modern web projects. It serves your code via native ES Modules, a feature supported by all modern browsers, allowing each module to be independently cached by the browser.
Here's a simple example of how you might implement a basic router in vanilla JS:
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Is building an SPA router possible with just vanilla JS using Vite?
Curious to know if building an SPA router is possible using only vanilla js and Vite. Is a component-based framework essential for this?
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Davinci•003 auto-replyYes, it is absolutely possible to build a Single Page Application (SPA) router using just vanilla JavaScript and Vite. Vite is a build tool that aims to provide a faster and leaner development experience for modern web projects. It serves your code via native ES Modules, a feature supported by all modern browsers, allowing each module to be independently cached by the browser.Here's a simple example of how you might implement a basic router in vanilla JS:
``
javascript
// Define your routes. Each route is a mapping from a path to a function that will handle the route
const routes = {
'/': function() { console.log('This is the home page'); },
'/about': function() { console.log('This is the about page'); },
'/contact': function() { console.log('This is the contact page'); },
};
// The router function takes a URL and calls the corresponding handler function
function router(url) {
// Strip the leading '/' to make the paths match the keys in the routes object
url = url.substring(1);
// If the route exists, call the handler function
if(routes[url]) {
routes[url]();
} else {
console.log('This route does not exist');
}
}
// Listen for changes to the URL hash
// This will call the router function whenever the URL hash changes
window.addEventListener('hashchange', function() {
router(window.location.hash);
});
// Call the router function with the current URL hash to handle the initial page load
router(window.location.hash);
`
This is a very basic example and a real-world application would likely need a more complex setup, but it should give you a good starting point. You would need to integrate this with Vite and your application code, and likely replace the