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Blazor WebAssembly by Example

You're reading from   Blazor WebAssembly by Example A project-based guide to building web apps with .NET, Blazor WebAssembly, and C#

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800567511
Length 266 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Blazor WebAssembly 2. Chapter 2: Building Your First Blazor WebAssembly Application FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Building a Modal Dialog Using Templated Components 4. Chapter 4: Building a Local Storage Service Using JavaScript Interoperability (JS Interop) 5. Chapter 5: Building a Weather App as a Progressive Web App (PWA) 6. Chapter 6: Building a Shopping Cart Using Application State 7. Chapter 7: Building a Kanban Board Using Events 8. Chapter 8: Building a Task Manager Using ASP.NET Web API 9. Chapter 9: Building an Expense Tracker Using the EditForm Component 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

What is WebAssembly?

WebAssembly is a binary instruction format that allows code written in C# to run on the browser at near-native speed. To run .NET binaries in a web browser, it uses a version of the .NET runtime that has been compiled to WebAssembly. You can think of it as executing natively compiled code in a browser.

WebAssembly is an open standard developed by a W3C Community Group. It was originally announced in 2015, and the first browser that supported it was released in 2017.

WebAssembly goals

When WebAssembly was originally being developed, there were four main design goals for the project:

  • Fast and efficient
  • Safe
  • Open
  • Don't break the web

WebAssembly is fast and efficient. It is designed to allow developers to write code in any language that can then be compiled to run in the browser. Since the code is compiled, it is fast and performs at near-native speed.

WebAssembly is safe. It does not allow direct interaction with the browser...

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