Creating an SPA Powered NavBar with Livewire v3

2023/08/29

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Livewire v3 introduces the new wire:navigate directive, which allows for a seamless navigation experience in single page applications (SPAs). This article demonstrates how to create an SPA powered NavBar using Laravel Livewire. The NavBar provides seamless page navigation across links, and the author addresses the important question of how to highlight the active link in the NavBar. The wire:navigate directive enables background content loading and updates parts of the current page to reflect new content without full page reloads. Additionally, Livewire renders initial component content with the page, making it SEO-friendly. To highlight the active link, the author suggests three approaches: using the current page's title, using a unique identifier, or using the URL. Overall, Livewire v3 offers an adaptable and SEO-friendly SPA experience for developers. Deploying Laravel applications on Fly.io is also discussed as a bonus topic.