You're reading from Mastering Blazor WebAssembly A step-by-step guide to developing advanced single-page applications with Blazor WebAssembly

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803235103

Length 370 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

Blazor

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Author (1):

Ahmad Mozaffar

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Blazor WebAssembly Essentials

2. Chapter 1: Understanding the Anatomy of a Blazor WebAssembly Project FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Components in Blazor

4. Chapter 3: Developing Advanced Components in Blazor

5. Part 2: App Parts and Features

6. Chapter 4: Navigation and Routing

7. Chapter 5: Capturing User Input with Forms and Validation

8. Chapter 6: Consuming JavaScript in Blazor

9. Chapter 7: Managing Application State

10. Chapter 8: Consuming Web APIs from Blazor WebAssembly

11. Chapter 9: Authenticatiwng and Authorizing Users in Blazor

12. Chapter 10: Handling Errors in Blazor WebAssembly

13. Part 3: Optimization and Deployment

14. Chapter 11: Giving Your App a Speed Boost

15. Chapter 12: RenderTree in Blazor

16. Chapter 13: Testing Blazor WebAssembly Apps

17. Chapter 14: Publishing Blazor WebAssembly Apps

18. Chapter 15: What’s Next?

19. Index

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