Introducing Blazor, gRPC, and Source Generators
Let us start our journey in this book by first getting to know our three main technological co-travelers: Blazor, gRPC, and source generators.
The Blazor framework is an open source web framework developed by Microsoft. It is a free-to-use, single-page application (SPA) framework that enables a smooth development process while writing both the server and client parts of the application in .NET and C#. It can be used for dynamic websites but can also generate static websites without the need for expensive website hosting.
On the other hand, Google Remote Procedure Call (gRPC) is a multi-environment open source Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework. It uses HTTP/2 for connecting services between data centers, but also for connecting mobile applications and browsers to backend services. gRPC includes optional features for authentication, bidirectional streaming, health checks, and more, along with support for cross-platform client...
