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> use either an <a> or a <button>

Generally, it should be noted that an <a> tag is only appropriate if it makes sense to right-click this element and get options to "open in new tab" or "add to bookmarks". All the stupid "buttons" implemented as <a href="#"> + e.preventDefault() need to die.

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Yea I use <a> if it's a navigation button for react-router. But it still shows up like a URL because we're using the Browser history (it just updates the URL and renders the new page, each route has a URL and resource id's are in the url). As opening the URL directly should work (if authenticated) it makes sense to use <a> tags.

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