Session Recap: .NET Blazor — One Framework to Rule Them All

On September 10th I gave my first-ever public tech talk at the Cyber RGV monthly meetup at the McAllen Public Library. The talk was .NET Blazor: One Framework to Rule Them All, and the pitch was simple: if you've ever felt the pain of maintaining a C# backend and a JavaScript frontend as two completely separate worlds, Blazor is the answer to that frustration. Build your UI in C# and HTML, skip the JavaScript tax, and ship that same UI as a native app on Windows, Android, iOS, and more using .NET MAUI. I ran the same demo app on Windows and Android live during the talk, which is either brave or reckless depending on how you feel about the live demo gremlins!

We also got into where the framework is today with .NET 8's unified rendering model (four rendering modes, one project, mix and match however you want), and wrapped up with a real-time audience voting demo over WebSockets that showed up live on every connected screen in the room. Minimal setup, maximum results!

The full session is up on YouTube if you want to dig in — whether you're brand new to Blazor or just haven't kept up with where it's landed, I think you'll get something out of it.

Watch: .NET Blazor — One Framework to Rule Them All

I'm also building a .NET developer community here in the RGV — RGV Devs Dot Net — and our first official session is coming up April 14. Would love to see you there:

Learn more about it here: RGV Devs Kickoff — Building an AI Brand Engine with .NET and MAF