Debugging Blazor Server

If you have debugged any type of .NET application in the past, you will feel right at home. If you haven't, don't worry – we will go through it. Debugging Blazor Server is just as we might expect and is the best debugging experience of the three different types we will cover.

I usually keep my Razor pages in a shared library and while building my project, I use Blazor Server for two reasons – first, it's a bit faster to run the project, and second, the debugging experience is better.

Let's give it a try!

1. Set BlazorServer as startup project.
2. Press F5 to start the project (this time with debugging).
3. Using the web browser, navigate to https://localhost:portnumber/throwexception (the port number may vary).
4. Press F12 to show the web browser developer tools.
5. In the developer tools, click Console.
6. Click the Throw exception button on our page.

At this point, Visual Studio should...