🚀 My Learning Journey
How this project evolved and my personal path to learning Blazor.
From Cookbook to Code
This application started as a practical exercise while working through tutorials of "Blazor Web Development Cookbook" by Pawel Bazyluk. That's why I think most solutions are useful for people who have worked through the book.
I decided to publish my solutions as reference examples for future use and as training for publishing a Blazor app with Azure. I believe that the preparations for hosting help to understand a technology much better than local work.
I will extend the content step by step while working through the book and add my own ideas. For solutions not related to the Cookbook, I prefer to use separate projects.
My Blazor Learning Path
My Blazor learning journey began with live workshops at the .NET Day Franken conference and the book "C# 12 and .NET 8" by Mark J. Price. This book and its successors provide an essential foundation for Blazor and ASP.NET Core. It emphasizes database integration.
"Blazor Web Development Cookbook" by Pawel Bazyluk contains a systematic selection of solutions and detailed descriptions for selected topics. However, the book requires basic knowledge in Blazor development. It is a good lightweight supplement.
Himschoot's comprehensive book on Full Stack Development with Blazor 8 (including supplements for 9) provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction. It also contains 20 pages on Azure deployment.
Why I Chose Blazor
I appreciate Blazor because it is a versatile framework that enables me to create websites as Single Page Applications (SPAs) and can be used in additional areas like cross-platform app development. One can render web pages on the server and in the client's browser, providing flexible deployment options.
Blazor allows me to leverage and extend my existing C# and ASP.NET knowledge. At the same time, it requires and promotes foundational web development skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
It often reminds me of React but uses a more stable and secure set of libraries.
Key Learning Areas
- Blazor render modes and their practical applications
- Component lifecycle and state management
- Modern .NET development with dependency injection
- Responsive web design with Bootstrap 5
- Azure deployment and DevOps practices