Chapter 1: Introduction to Blazor WebAssembly
Blazor WebAssembly is Microsoft's new single-page application (SPA) framework for building web applications on .NET Framework. It enables developers to run C# code on the client. Therefore, instead of being forced to use JavaScript on the browser, we can now use C# on the browser.
In this chapter, we will prepare you to develop web applications using Blazor WebAssembly. We will discuss the two different Blazor hosting models and present the advantages of using Blazor WebAssembly over Blazor Server. Finally, we will guide you through the process of setting up your computer to complete the projects in this book.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Benefits of using the Blazor framework
- Differences between the two hosting models
- What is WebAssembly?
- Setting up your PC