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Pros of Xamarin
Pros of Blazor
- Uses C#32
- No need to learn separate language or technology23
- Supports making a single page application18
- Uses .NET standard library18
- Tight integration with .NET project17
- No need to compile, bundle and deploy separately13
- Very little JavaScript required12
- Shared classes between client and server9
- Components6
- App state can be managed singleton objects6
- Third party state management i.e. Blazor-State6
- Very easy JavaScript interop if required5
- Has Server AND Client hosting models4
- Cross Platform3
Pros of Xamarin
- Power of c# on mobile devices120
- Native performance80
- Native apps with native ui controls77
- No javascript - truely compiled code71
- Sharing more than 90% of code over all platforms67
- Ability to leverage visual studio45
- Many great c# libraries44
- Mvvm pattern43
- Amazing support36
- Powerful platform for .net developers34
- GUI Native look and Feel19
- Nuget package manager15
- Free11
- Backed by Microsoft9
- Enables code reuse on server9
- Faster Development8
- Easy Debug and Trace7
- Use of third-party .NET libraries7
- It's free since Apr 20167
- Best performance than other cross-platform7
- Open Source7
- Mac IDE (Xamarin Studio)6
- Xamarin.forms is the best, it's amazing6
- Power of C#, no javascript, visual studio5
- C# mult paradigm language5
- Compatible to develop Hybrid apps4
- Microsoft backed4
- Microsoft stack4
- Great docs4
- That just work for every scenario4
- Well Designed3
- Small learning curve for Mobile developers3
- Ability to leverage legacy C and C++2
- Ionic2
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Cons of Blazor
Cons of Xamarin
Cons of Blazor
- Initial load time3
- Hard to inject javascript2
Cons of Xamarin
- Build times9
- Visual Studio5
- Complexity3
- Scalability3
- Price3
- Nuget2
- Maturity2
- Build Tools2
- Support2
- Maturidade0
- Performance0
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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 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.
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What are some alternatives to Blazor and Xamarin?
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
Flutter
Flutter is a mobile app SDK to help developers and designers build modern mobile apps for iOS and Android.
Google App Maker
App Maker lets you develop powerful apps with relative ease. Create a model to manage your data, build a UI in the visual editor, use Apps Script to write some scripts, and you're on your way.