Master web development with Blazor in .NET 9, gaining advanced skills while working with dynamic components to secure and optimize your applications

Key Features

• Develop generic, customizable components secured with roles and policies
• Manage application and user states, in simple to complex scenarios, across render boundaries
• Enhance user experience by embedding AI-powered features into the application
• Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

With support for both server-side and client-side hosting, as well as the flexibility to mix render modes, Blazor empowers you to leverage cloud computing while maintaining the performance of local applications. Paweł Bazyluk—a Blazor expert with over a decade of experience in .NET technologies—shows you how Blazor, a Microsoft framework, enables you to create interactive web applications using C# and .NET, while reducing reliance on JavaScript. This cookbook highlights Blazor’s vast possibilities using practical recipes that address key aspects of web development and showcase the framework's versatility in building modern, integrated applications.

Pawel demonstrates how to skillfully navigate component-based architecture, and create, parameterize, and customize components to achieve high modularity. Working through practical insights and hands-on guidance in each chapter, you’ll progress from advanced data binding and event handling intricacies to optimizing data display using grids. You’ll explore application state management, build interactive forms with validation, leverage Blazor’s routing engine, and keep every part of the application secure. The book also explores cutting-edge topics, touching on how to enhance your application with AI-powered features.

By the end of the book, you’ll be fully equipped to build robust, scalable, and secure web applications in Blazor.

What you will learn

• Build modular, reusable, maintainable code in component-based architecture
• Exchange data between a UI and external service while ensuring UI responsiveness
• Implement efficient user interactions and event handling
• Present data in a structured and user-friendly manner using grids
• Understand state management strategies crucial for complex applications
• Create user-friendly and robust data input forms with smart validations
• Explore routing capabilities and leverage navigation events
• Enhance forms with AI-powered features and implement your own AI chatbot

Who this book is for

This book is for developers with a foundational understanding of Blazor and .NET seeking proven solutions to common web application development challenges. Frontend engineers, .NET developers, and solution architects looking to gain full-stack expertise will also find this resource invaluable. Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript programming will help you get the most out of this web development book.

Table of Contents

1. Working with Component-Based Architecture
2. Synchronous and Asynchronous Data Binding
3. Taking Control of Event Handling
4. Enhancing Data Display with Grids
5. Managing Application State
6. Building Interactive Forms
7. Validating User Input Forms
8. Keeping the Application Secure
9. Exploring Navigation and Routing
10. Integrating with OpenAI