Re:.NET MAUI: .NET Multi-Platform App UI
by manigandham on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:06AM
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SPA = single page application. You can make one entirely in Blazor and can host it on any static file host. Are you talking about Javascript specifically?
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The difference of Blazor compared to a "classic" SPA (for example React + JSON API) is:
Blazor Server: On a broken/poor connection there is no interactivity anymore
Blazor WASM (=SPA): Keeps working when connection is lost, but everything is sooo slow
classic SPA: Keeps working with lost connection and is fast.
Last year I created a Blazor WASM app[1] to get familiar with the tech. It was a game based on the board-game from the 60's called "Acquire". Although it's using the WASM hosting model, I did use SignalR to facilitate the real-time game play between players. The "practice" mode against the crude AI is entirely WASM and can be "played" as a PWA completely offline.
I had intentions of finishing this out, but I got far enough that I learned what I needed to for now. I felt like it was pretty good considering it's probably less than 40 hours of work and I'm a mobile/desktop dev not a Web dev.
> Blazor WASM (=SPA): Keeps working when connection is lost, but everything is sooo slow
Why should it be slow? Once Blazor WASM is loaded, it doesn't need a connection to the server anymore.