This site was written in blazor, from the hello world template in visual studio. It's a SPA which means single page application, and is an alternative to the many JavaScript frameworks like React, and angular.
Blazor is for developers comfortable with Microsoft technologies, and more specifically, c#.
It allows for developers to produce server side code, and this is rendered into html mark up using Signal R.
I won't go to much into Signal R but it basically uses websockets to render the page partially, rather than using roundtrip to the server. It creates a seamless refresh which prevents the flicker you get when reloading webpages. Its a more modern approach to MVC partials and jQuery get.
Blazor is for software developers comfortable with c# to develop their web applications in a language they are familiar with, the front and back end is in one language.
What are the advantages:
1. Consistent programming language
2. Single page application renders partial content by default.
3. Comes with bootstrap out the box
4. Will run on the client or a server
5. Error pages aren't seo friendly, they are soft errors that need overriding.
Disadvantages:
1. Signal R loses connection to site when you goto a new tab, or there is a problem with internet.
2. Learning curve getting to grips with the partial render methodology.
3. Rendering can take a while with large datasets
A blog about blazor, it's uses, advantages and downfalls
Published Tuesday, August 1, 2023
