A comparison of Blazor and React when it comes to modern web development—a review of the pros and cons. Does Blazor stack up?

Blazor WebAssembly (or Blazor Wasm, as all the cool kids are calling it!) has arrived, but how does it stack up compared to the other, more established options for building “modern” web applications?

Let’s start with a comparison to React JS.

Specifically we’ll explore how the following aspects work (for both frameworks):

• Getting started
• Building the UI
• Passing data between components
• Handling Forms
• Routing
• Fetching data from an API
• Pros and cons of each

Before we dig in, it’s worth noting this article focuses on Blazor Wasm, which runs in the browser using WebAssembly. That said, many of the points are equally valid if you’re looking at using Blazor Server instead.

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