Should we use Rails routes or React routers

Question

I am new with React and today I was working on react-routers. I am not clear which routes to use. My choices are Rails routing or React router. What are the difference between these?

Answer 1

React should be used for rendering and Rails should be used for the API. Each react app should have its own server-rendered path, with calls to a rails API on the backend. The API should definitely be routed with rails, but only pass back the data you need to the react app. Rails 5 has ApiController you can use for your controller superclass. TL;DR - React is frontend, rails API on the backend.

Also, you should really determine if you need something so heavyweight on the backend. Some lighter ruby alternatives are Sinatra and Padrino.