You're reading from Apps and Services with .NET 8 Build practical projects with Blazor, .NET MAUI, gRPC, GraphQL, and other enterprise technologies

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837637133

Length 798 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Tools

.NET

Concepts

Cross Platform Mobile Development

Author (1):

Mark J. Price

Preface

1. Introducing Apps and Services with .NET

2. Managing Relational Data Using SQL Server FREE CHAPTER

3. Building Entity Models for SQL Server Using EF Core

4. Managing NoSQL Data Using Azure Cosmos DB

5. Multitasking and Concurrency

6. Using Popular Third-Party Libraries

7. Handling Dates, Times, and Internationalization

8. Building and Securing Web Services Using Minimal APIs

9. Caching, Queuing, and Resilient Background Services

10. Building Serverless Nanoservices Using Azure Functions

11. Broadcasting Real-Time Communication Using SignalR

12. Combining Data Sources Using GraphQL

13. Building Efficient Microservices Using gRPC

14. Building Web User Interfaces Using ASP.NET Core

15. Building Web Components Using Blazor

16. Building Mobile and Desktop Apps Using .NET MAUI

17. Epilogue

18. Index

Understanding Blazor

Blazor is Microsoft’s framework for web component development built on .NET.

Blazor has multiple hosting models to choose from:

Blazor Server: All the components execute on the web server and user interface updates are sent to the browser using SignalR. The nature of Blazor Server provides some key benefits, including complete .NET API support, direct access to all server-side resources like databases, fast initial load time, and your code is protected because it never leaves the server. This hosting model was introduced with .NET Core 3.0 in November 2019.
Blazor WebAssembly: All the components execute in the web browser like other single page application (SPA) frameworks, for example, React and Angular. Your .NET assemblies and the .NET runtime are downloaded to the browser and cached for future use. The nature of Blazor WebAssembly provides some key benefits, including the ability to run the app offline...

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