Over the past 5 years Blazor has been a popular choice for building interactive web applications on the .NET platform. The ability to develop full stack web applications using C# rather than JavaScript has been a significant benefit for software developers.

However, when it comes to creating beautiful websites, you really need to embrace the pillars of modern web design which include HTML, CSS… and JavaScript. The lack of a simple integration story for JavaScript in Blazor resulted in very few public websites which showcase modern web design characteristics and behavior.

.NET 8 has been a game changer for Blazor, as it has been enhanced with a new Static Server Rendering (SSR) capability. SSR allows Blazor to leverage the performance and efficiency of server-side rendering and makes JavaScript a first-class citizen once again.

In this presentation we will demonstrate the amazing new capabilities of Blazor in .NET 8 and how they can be used to build beautiful modern websites.