docs: Note that router === this.$router (#1687)

* docs($router): Note that router === this.$router

* docs($router): Chris review

* docs($router): Phan review

docs/en/essentials/getting-started.md

@@ -65,6 +65,29 @@ const app = new Vue({
 // Now the app has started!
 ```
 
-You can also check out this example [live](https://jsfiddle.net/yyx990803/xgrjzsup/).
+By injecting the router, we get access to it as `this.$router` as well as the current route as `this.$route` inside of any component:
+
+```js
+// Home.vue
+export default {
+ computed: {
+ username () {
+ // We will see what `params` is shortly
+ return this.$route.params.username
+ }
+ },
+ methods: {
+ goBack () {
+ window.history.length > 1
+ ? this.$router.go(-1)
+ : this.$router.push('/')
+ }
+ }
+}
+```
+
+Throughout the docs, we will often use the `router` instance. Keep in mind that `this.$router` is exactly the same as using `router`. The reason we use `this.$router` is because we don't want to import the router in every single component that needs to manipulate routing.
+
+You can also check out this example [live](http://jsfiddle.net/yyx990803/xgrjzsup/).
 
 Notice that a `<router-link>` automatically gets the `.router-link-active` class when its target route is matched. You can learn more about it in its [API reference](../api/router-link.md).