We also use a bootstrapping view for our single page app. It sounds like your application is multiple pages or make a request for every "page"? The nice thing

We also use a bootstrapping view for our single page app. It sounds like your application is multiple pages or make a request for every "page"? The nice thing about react router and client side routing is you can have a very clean separation from your backend data model and your actual UI/website. I would agree that react router is like a 1000 pound javascript routing gorilla.