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Blazor

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Retool

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Stacker

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Pros of Blazor
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Pros of Stacker
  • 63
    Uses C#
  • 49
    No need to learn separate language or technology
  • 42
    Supports making a single page application
  • 40
    Tight integration with .NET project
  • 38
    Uses .NET standard library
  • 30
    Very little JavaScript required
  • 29
    Components
  • 27
    No need to compile, bundle and deploy separately
  • 27
    Shared classes between client and server
  • 24
    Cross Platform
  • 21
    Has Server AND Client hosting models
  • 18
    Very easy JavaScript interop if required
  • 17
    Third party state management i.e. Blazor-State
  • 14
    App state can be managed singleton objects
  • 4
    Portable Code across Mobile, Web and Desktop
  • 2
    Work with Electron/MAUI
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      You can now make beautiful UIs without writing code :)
    • 2
      Seriously powerful and easy to use

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    Cons of Blazor
    Cons of Retool
    Cons of Stacker
    • 4
      Initial load time
    • 2
      Hard to inject javascript
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        What is Blazor?

        Blazor is a .NET web framework that runs in any browser. You author Blazor apps using C#/Razor and HTML.

        What is Retool?

        Retool is the fast way to build internal tools. Drag-and-drop our building blocks and connect them to your databases and APIs to build your own tools, instantly. Built by developers, for developers. Trusted by startups and Fortune 500s.

        What is Stacker ?

        Stacker lets you turn your spreadsheets into applications. You plug in your Airtable or Google Sheets and Stacker automatically generates you app with login, forms and buttons. Stacker includes built in permissions, UI and business logic.

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          What are some alternatives to Blazor, Retool, and Stacker ?
          React
          Lots of people use React as the V in MVC. Since React makes no assumptions about the rest of your technology stack, it's easy to try it out on a small feature in an existing project.
          JavaScript
          JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
          Vaadin
          It is the fastest way to build web applications in Java. It automates the communication between your server and the browser and gives you a high-level component API for all Vaadin components
          Xamarin
          Xamarin’s Mono-based products enable .NET developers to use their existing code, libraries and tools (including Visual Studio*), as well as skills in .NET and the C# programming language, to create mobile applications for the industry’s most widely-used mobile devices, including Android-based smartphones and tablets, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
          Flutter
          Flutter is a mobile app SDK to help developers and designers build modern mobile apps for iOS and Android.
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