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Mastering Blazor WebAssembly

By : Ahmad Mozaffar
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Book Image

Mastering Blazor WebAssembly

3.5 (2)
By: Ahmad Mozaffar

Overview of this book

Blazor WebAssembly is a revolutionary technology in software development that enables you to develop web applications with a rich user interface using C# without JavaScript. It can be run natively in the browser and soon on mobile apps with .NET MAUI, making it a superweapon in the .NET developer’s toolbox. This capability has opened the doors for the JavaScript community to have a stable framework to build single page applications (SPAs) maintained by Microsoft and driven by the community. Mastering Blazor WebAssembly is a complete resource that teaches you everything you need to build client-side web applications using C# & .NET 7.0. Throughout this book, you’ll discover the anatomy of a Blazor WebAssembly project, along with the build, style, and structure of the components. You’ll implement forms to catch user input and collect data, as well as explore the topics of navigating between the pages in depth. The chapters will guide you through handling complex scenarios like RenderTrees, writing efficient unit tests, using variant security methods, and publishing the app to different providers, all in a practical manner. By the end of this book, you’ll have the skills necessary to build web apps with Blazor WebAssembly, along with the basics for a future in mobile development with .NET MAUI and Blazor.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Blazor WebAssembly Essentials
5
Part 2: App Parts and Features
13
Part 3: Optimization and Deployment

Summary

We started this chapter by explaining the concept of web APIs regardless of your level of expertise so that you could get a deeper understanding of what they are and why you need them. Then, we moved on to the practical side of things by introducing the tools and utilities available to make API calls from a .NET app. We implemented two API calls: one to fetch data from the API and another to submit data to the API. Finally, we went over what we did, refactored it, and learned about the correct place for the API calls to reside so we have more testable code and better-coded components.

After going through the content and examples in this chapter, you should be able to consume your web APIs on your own and integrate your apps with third-party APIs to enrich the experience of your users.

The following is what you should have gained from this chapter:

  • The ability to identify what web APIs are from the client perspective and why they are needed
  • Read and understood...