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Blazor WebAssembly by Example

By : Toi B. Wright
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Blazor WebAssembly by Example

By: Toi B. Wright

Overview of this book

Blazor WebAssembly makes it possible to run C# code on the browser instead of having to use JavaScript, and does not rely on plugins or add-ons. The only technical requirement for using Blazor WebAssembly is a browser that supports WebAssembly, which, as of today, all modern browsers do. Blazor WebAssembly by Example is a project-based guide for learning how to build single-page web applications using the Blazor WebAssembly framework. This book emphasizes the practical over the theoretical by providing detailed step-by-step instructions for each project. You'll start by building simple standalone web applications and progress to developing more advanced hosted web applications with SQL Server backends. Each project covers a different aspect of the Blazor WebAssembly ecosystem, such as Razor components, JavaScript interop, event handling, application state, and dependency injection. The book is designed in such a way that you can complete the projects in any order. By the end of this book, you will have experience building a wide variety of single-page web applications with .NET, Blazor WebAssembly, and C#.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Understanding local storage

The Web Storage API for JavaScript provides mechanisms for browsers to store key/value pairs. For each web browser, the size of data that can be stored in web storage is at least 5 MB per origin. The localStorage is defined in the Web Storage API for JavaScript. We need to use JS interop to access localStorage on the browser.

The browser's localStorage is scoped to a particular URL. If the user reloads the page or closes and re-opens the browser, the contents of localStorage are retained. If the user opens multiple tabs, each tab shares the same localStorage. The data in localStorage is retained until it is explicitly cleared since it does not have an expiration date.

Tip

Data in a localStorage object that is created when using an InPrivate window or Incognito window is cleared when the last tab is closed.

These are the methods of localStorage:

  • key: This method returns the name of the indicated key based on its position in localStorage...