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No 75
ViewComponents in Umbraco 9
by Dennis Adolfi
With Umbraco 9 running on .NET 5, a new concept is introduced called ViewComponents. In this article Dennis Adolfi will cover the basics of ViewComponents, how we can use them in Umbraco 9 and what you should be aware of going forward.
Umbraco and Blazor
by Jeroen Koppenol & Lennard Fonteijn
Blazor is an exciting upcoming technology, making it possible to use C# to create client-side logic, like you would with JavaScript. Since the upcoming version of Umbraco (Umbraco 9) is built on .NET 5, the opportunity to use Blazor components arises, but how?
Issue 74 :: July 2021
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