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[[{“value”:”Want to build modern, interactive web apps with C# and .NET instead of relying on JavaScript frameworks? In this @VisualStudioLive session from Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2026, Rocky Lhotka walks through how Blazor works, when to use it, and how to build real applications across web, desktop, and mobile using a unified .NET stack.
🔑 What You’ll Learn
• What Blazor is and how it compares to Angular, React, WPF, and Windows Forms
• Differences between Blazor Server, WebAssembly, Auto, and Hybrid render modes
• How to choose the right hosting model for performance and scalability
• Creating a Blazor app in Visual Studio 2026 and understanding project structure
• Routing, layouts, components, and render modes in real applications
• Building forms, validation, and interactive UI with Razor components
• Data access with dependency injection and real-world patterns
• Authentication and authorization with cookies, claims, and Entra ID
• Styling with CSS isolation, Bootstrap, and Sass
• Extending Blazor to PWAs and native apps with .NET MAUI Hybrid
⏱️ Chapters
Part 1: Blazor Basics
02:31 What Blazor is and where it runs
04:18 History of Microsoft UI frameworks (WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET, Silverlight)
11:15 WebAssembly explained and the origin of Blazor
14:54 Blazor hosting models: Server, WebAssembly, Auto, and Hybrid
22:47 Stateful vs stateless apps and Blazor architecture
30:30 How Blazor Server works (SignalR and real-time UI updates)
34:19 Creating a new Blazor Web App in Visual Studio and understanding project structure
45:00 Razor components, routing, and layouts
58:08 Interactive pages, code-behind, and component behavior
1:05:27 How Blazor rendering works and performance implications
Part 2: Going Deeper
1:17:01 Data access and dependency injection patterns
1:29:30 Forms, validation, and reusable input components
1:35:37 ASP.NET Core authentication and authorization in Blazor
2:02:39 Entra ID login and Microsoft Graph integration
2:05:24 Styling with CSS isolation, Bootstrap, and Sass
2:11:19 Blazor Hybrid, PWAs, and native app scenarios
👤 Speaker
Rocky Lhotka
Principal Consultant, Xebia
🔗 Links
• Download Visual Studio 2026: http://visualstudio.com/download
• Explore more VS Live! Las Vegas sessions: https://aka.ms/VSLiveLV26
• Join upcoming VS Live! events: https://aka.ms/VSLiveEvents
#blazor #csharp #dotnet #VisualStudio2026 #VisualStudio #vslive”}]] Read More Microsoft Visual Studio