Routes & Menus

Routes and menus are configured in the App Panel under Packages → AppBuilder. This is how you tell the frontend which pages exist and how the sidebar navigation is structured for each role.

How It Works

App Panel (routes + menus)
        ↓  saved to database
/appbuilder/initializer/ API
        ↓  served at runtime
ZangoApp (React)
        ↓  renders
Sidebar nav + page routing

The React app fetches routes and menus from /appbuilder/initializer/ on load. No frontend rebuild is needed when you change routes or menus — just configure in App Panel and refresh.

Two Concepts

Concept	What it is
Route	A URL path mapped to a page type (crud or custom)
Menu item	A sidebar link for a specific user role, pointing to a route

Routes define what exists. Menus define what each role can see and navigate to.

Page Types

page_type	When to use	What's needed
"crud"	Standard list/create/edit/delete page	Set api_endpoint in extra params — no React component needed
"custom"	Dashboard, wizard, any custom UI	A React component exported from src/custom/pages/index.js

Sections

• Configuring Routes — add pages in App Panel
• Configuring Menus — set up per-role navigation