# Routing and Navigation

> Vaadin applications consist of one or more views and routing defines how URL addresses are mapped to those views. Navigating around the application works together with routing.

Parent index: [Vaadin Docs](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/llms.txt)

## Overview

- [Routing and Navigation](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing.md): Vaadin applications consist of one or more views and routing defines how URL addresses are mapped to those views. Navigating around the application works together with routing.

## Defining Routes

- [Defining Routes](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/route.md): Using the Route annotation to define route URLs

## Navigating between Routes

- [Navigating between Routes](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/navigation.md)

## Route Parameters

- [Route Parameters](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/route-parameters.md): Route parameters are variable parts of the URL segment that can be used to pass extra information to a given route

## Updating URL Parameters without Navigation

- [Updating URL Parameters without Navigation](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/updating-url-parameters.md): To preserve deep linking, the developer sometimes needs to maintain the route parameters and query parameters manually

## Navigation Lifecycle

- [Navigation Lifecycle](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/lifecycle.md)

## Router Layouts and Nested Router Targets

- [Router Layouts and Nested Router Targets](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/layout.md)

## Retrieving Routes

- [Retrieving Routes](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/retrieving-routes.md)

## Router Exception Handling

- [Router Exception Handling](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/exceptions.md)

## Getting Registered Routes

- [Getting Registered Routes](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/registered-routes.md)

## Updating Page Title on Navigation

- [Updating Page Title on Navigation](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/page-titles.md)

## Registering Routes Dynamically

- [Registering Routes Dynamically](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/dynamic.md)

## Additional Guides

- [Additional Guides](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/additional-guides.md): Additional guides related to routing and navigation
- [Query Parameters](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/additional-guides/query-parameters.md): Pass parameters to a given route in the form of name-value pairs
- [Route Templates](https://vaadin.com/docs/v23/routing/additional-guides/route-templates.md): Provides powerful and highly customizable methods to include parameters into a route