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What is navigation in LWC?

Real World Scenario

After creating a record, you redirect user to the new record page. You mention NavigationMixin.

Expected Answer

• lightning/navigation provides NavigationMixin for programmatic page changes • Generate page references for record pages, list views, named pages, and web pages • Use NavigationMixin in class extends and call this[NavigationMixin.Navigate](pageRef) • Prefer standard navigation over window.location for SPA behavior inside Lightning • Experience Cloud has similar patterns with community-specific page types

Follow-Up Questions & Answers

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Use standard__objectPage type with objectApiName and actionName home in page reference.

Architect Perspective

NavigationMixin beats window.open for core Salesforce apps—small detail, big credibility.