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Explain it to me... BLAZOR

April 26, 2021
Mike Paterson

Blazor is helping increase company and workforce efficiency, could it help you?

Why do I care?

If you are...
Business Manager

Efficiency improvements and getting more productivity from your team.

IT Staff

Team resources can focus on work and projects instead of learning various JS frameworks and tools.

Finance Team

Reduction of hours needed to complete projects and need for hiring specialists.

What is it?

As stated in the official documentation, Blazor is a web framework designed to run client-side in the browser on a WebAssembly-based .NET runtime (Blazor WebAssembly) or server-side in ASP.NET Core (Blazor Server). Regardless of the hosting model, the app and component models are the same

Using Microsoft’s Blazor WebAssembly, a developer can create a UI using the tools they know rather than learning JavaScript (JS) frameworks which have been the standard in SPA. Using Blazor Server a developer can create a SPA-like UI but the logic and interaction occurs on the server rather than the browser.

What's the big deal?

When creating web apps, a developer or team will typically have to specialize in JS or must learn new frameworks like Angular or React and their respective tools to build a SPA. With the launch of Blazor, JS expertise is no longer needed to develop web applications as the developer can create UI experiences using C#, HTML and CSS.

This new tech allows a team to devote more time to finishing projects than learning new JS languages, reduces the amount of runtime on the server, and allows for more efficient back-end processes between the server and the client. Blazor Server is helping companies increase the security of their websites by pushing browser actions through the server and generating a new HTML for the client. This process of managing the button clicks and increments through the server rather than the browser itself protects confidential information, while keeping the simplistic function and UX of a SPA.

While still not knocking JavaScript off the pedestal, Blazor is gaining popularity and making a bid as a serious competitor in the future. All these gains are possible thanks to the emergence of WebAssemply (WASM) as a faster replacement of and/or complement to JavaScript and Server functionality.

Our team at Cloud Construct works with Blazor for many of our client needs. We love using this innovative tech and are confident in its capabilities and staying power. Contact us to see how we can help your business using Blazor and other cloud computing solutions.

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Mike Paterson
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