Starting its journey as a browser language and growing to cover all technology and business sectors, JavaScript is the most popular programming language. It is used by more than 67% of developers, according to the Stack Overflow Report 2019. Its popularity has increasingly boosted numerous Javascript frameworks and libraries with Angular, React, and Vue topping the list as the most preferred by developers. But, the web development world has been changing at lightning speed, and developers may no longer have to depend on Javascript for high-end web app development. If you have ever thought about running .NET in the browser without add ons and plugins, Blazor is making that a reality thanks to a technology called Web Assembly.

In this article, we introduce Blazor technology and take a deep dive comparing Blazor vs Angular vs React vs Vue JavaScript frameworks to provide a structure for helping judge between some of the most promising front-end web frameworks.

What is Blazor?

Blazor is a new web framework based on existing web technologies like HTML and CSS but then allows you to use C# and Razor syntax instead of JavaScript. Blazor (Browser + Razor) enables developers to build interactive and reusable web UI for client-side applications written in .NET and implemented under WebAssembly. With both client and server code written in C#, it allows you to share code and libraries, providing a platform to enable the development of vibrant, contemporary single-page application (SPA) platforms while using .NET end-to-end.

The most fantastic thing about this new technology is the fact that it leverages the latest web standards and doesn’t need additional plugins or add-ons to run, which is made possible by WebAssembly.

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