Why I choose Blazor over React in 2025 – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

1.okay hey everyone in this video I'm inviting push back from the react Community let me have it in the comments section I want to know why react is a better choice than Blazer in 2025 full disclosure I actually love react but I do prefer Blazer in this video I'm going to share my reasons for why I prefer Blazer in 2025 I'm not discouraging you from learning react I actually encourage you to learn react as well as the Blazer framework if you have the time to do so but perhaps prioritize one over the other in 2025 please note that these videos are not about creating some sort of tribal conflict between communities but are about education and learning and perhaps helping developers or aspiring developers to prioritize which Technologies in which to invest time in fact I can think of several reasons why you might want to prioritize react over Blazer but my preference is still Blazer react has a huge dedicated Community as well as a mature ecosystem that offers a huge amount of free thirdparty libraries that can be used to enrich your apps the job market for react developers is still excellent so that could be a reason to invest your time in prioritizing react ultimately I do prefer Blazer and I'll provide my reasons for this in just a bit before we do that let's address the elephant in the room hi oh hello no no it's not AI this time this time the elephant represents the fact that Blazer is a framework and react is a library so how can I possibly compare the two you might then say hey why not compare next JS to blazer because they are both Frameworks my answer to this is that well we can certainly do that in another video we can compare react to blazer because they both primarily provide a component based architecture for facilitating highly interactive and performant user interfaces of course Blazer has the advantage of being part of the wider net ecosystem which is actually one of my core reasons for choosing Blazer over react I think in 2025 you want to strive to become a full stack developer and not just a front-end developer this will certainly make you more marketable let's firstly look at an overview of react and then we'll look at an overview of Blazer and then I'll give you my reasons why I prefer Blazer over react in 2025 react react is a popular open-source JavaScript library used for building user interfaces particularly single page applications developed and maintained by meta Facebook it focuses on creating reusable components to manage complex uis efficiently react uses a virtual Dom for fast rendering and updates optimizing performance its declarative programming model simplifies I UI logic making code more predictable and easier to debug react supports hooks for managing State and side effects providing a functional approach to development it's highly flexible with a vast ecosystem of libraries for State Management for example Redux and roting for example react routa react's popularity stems from its scalability strong community and compatibility with modern web develop tools like typescript it's widely used in both web and mobile development via react native bler Blazer is a modern web framework developed by Microsoft for building interactive web applications using C and razor templates instead of JavaScript Blazer supports two main hosting models Blazer server which processes UI updates on the server via signal R and Blazer web assembly which runs net code directly in the browser since the release of net 8 Blazer also supports mixed render modes where for example Blazer web assembly components and Blazer server components can coexist in the same project and even on the same web page Blazer allows full stack development in net enabling developers to share code and libraries between the client and server it provides a rich component-based architecture with built-in features like rooting dependency injection and form validation time ly integrated with the net ecosystem Blazer is ideal for Enterprise apps reducing JavaScript Reliance while allowing JavaScript interrupt when needed with Microsoft's support and growing Community Blazer is a compelling Choice foret developers in 2025 if you like this video so far please hit that like button if you haven't yet subscribed please consider subscribing to the channel and please don't forget to ring the bell please share this video with anyone you feel May benefit from its content if you'd like to thank me by buying me a coffee you can do this at my buy me a coffee web page at this URL it will of course be greatly appreciated I love reading your comments so please feel free to engage with me in the comments section which of these Technologies do you prefer and why all comments are welcome your insights are always greatly appreciated it would be great if you followed me on X my username is @gavin laon digital right let's swallow down the delicious reasons why I prefer Blazer over react in 2025 my reasons for choosing Blazer over react seamless integration with the net ecosystem blazer integrates natively with the net ecosystem providing access to libraries tools and features like Entity framework asp.net core and more web assembly support Blazer web assembly Blazer web assembly runs in the browser without JavaScript by compiling C into web assembly of offering near native performance and offline support full stack development with net this is definitely one of my most important reasons Blazer allows developers to use C for both client side and service side development enabling full stack development without needing JavaScript strongly typed language C is a statically typed language providing better compile time error checking and reducing runtime bugs compared to JavaScript and react now of course you can use typescript and react applications which provides the developer with the experience of coding a JavaScript based app with a strongly typed language typescript typescript is excellent but arguably using an IDE like Visual Studio CP and.net provides you with a far more robust developer experience with what is in my opinion the best strongly typed language C server side rendering with blazer server Blazer server provides a real-time interactive UI without heavy client side processing reducing initial load times and memory usage on the client the security model Blazer server keeps most Logic on the server limiting the attack surface compared to JavaScript heavy applications improving security built-in dependency injection Blazer comes with built in dependency injection simplifying the management of services and promoting better code organization Microsoft support and long-term viability backed by Microsoft Blazer benefits from consistent updates Enterprise grade support and integration with Azure ensuring long-term stability to me this is absolutely huge if I was to build a new Enterprise application a reliable future for the underlying technology is absolutely Paramount uni development experience developers can work within Visual Studio or Visual Studio code leveraging powerful debugging refactoring and testing tools natively supported by Microsoft component-based architecture with C Blazer's component model is similar to reacts but leverages C making it easier for net developers to build interactive uis built-in form validation Blazer offers native form validation using data annotations unlike react which typically requires third-party libraries two-way data binding Blazer supports two-way data binding out of the box simplifying UI and data synchronization while react requires manual State updates code sharing between web and desktop apps using Technologies like net Maui Blazer code can be reused for web desktop and mobile apps so you can use the same code base containing your C code across multiple device types for both web-based and Native apps no JavaScript interoperability required for net developers Blazer removes the need to learn or integrate JavaScript for front-end functionality however it is important to note that it is easy to use the JavaScript interrupt feature in Blazer to interact with JavaScript code so if you have a requirement where you need interoperability with thirdparty JavaScript libraries in your Blazer app this can be easily done using the JavaScript interrupt feature in Blazer native integration with signal R for realtime apps Blazer has seamless signal R integration for real-time communication making it easier to build live interactive applications so this makes it easy to for example include push notification functionality from server to client using signal R so if you require for example a chart on your dashboard to be updated in real time I.E as soon as the data within your database changes for example signal R can be leveraged to push relevant data down to the client which then updates in real time to account for the changes made on the service Side Lower learning curve for net developers teams familiar with C and.net can easily transition to Blazer without learning job JavaScript react or related ecosystems before Blazer in order to create interactive Spar functionality you would need a framework or Library like angular or react on the front end you could use asynchronous realtime UI interactivity functionality using jQuery and Ajax in for example an asp.net core MVC application to a certain extent but this would be a messy solution compared to using a library like react or a framework like angular that has been purpose built to be leveraged for creating high performance interactivity frontend UI functionality Spa functionality so when Blazer came along this was revolutionary as a net developer could now remain in the C and net ecosystem when providing realtime high performance interactivity front-end UI functionality single page application functionality simplified deployment Blazer apps can be deployed as static files or Serv side apps without needing complex JavaScript bundling or build tools so ultimately the choice between Blazer and react depends on Project requirements and team expertise you need to ask yourself the question what are my long-term goals with this application Blazer shines in environments where net is already a core technology it simplifies full stack development improves security and reduces development overhead however react may still be preferred for applications needing broader Community Support Rich third-party libraries and faster front-end performance I hope you enjoyed this video please let me know in the comments what your choice is react or Blazer and please let me know your reasons for your choice if you liked this video please hit the like button if you haven't yet subscribed please consider subscribing to the channel and please don't forget to ring the well please share this video with anyone you feel May benefit from its content if you'd like to thank me by buying me a coffee you can do that at my buy me a coffee web page at this URL it will of course be greatly appreciated I love reading your comments so please feel free to engage with me in the comments section which of these Technologies do you prefer and why all comments are of course welcome your insights are always greatly appreciated but I'd love to know which of these Technologies you are going to choose in 2025 react or Blazer it would be great if you followed me on X my username is @gavin laon digital I hope to see you soon thank you and take care