Steve Sanderson: The future of Blazor and WebAssembly - Episode 202

Azure DevOps Podcast

Steve Sanderson is working as a developer for Microsoft in the team that brings you the ASP.NET technology stack, IIS, and other web things. Previously he developed .NET software as a contractor/consultant for clients in Bristol and beyond, plus wrote some books for Apress, such as Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework. From time to time, he speaks at user groups and conferences and recently has been running a bunch of training courses on topics such as C#, SQL Server, and of course ASP.NET MVC. Steve has been instrumental in some very visible projects. He started the Knockout.js project in 2010, an early javascript UI framework. He also designed the Azure Portal architecture that anyone using Azure uses daily.

Topics of Discussion:

[4:07] Steve talks about the main steps that got him into Microsoft and his role in Blazor.

[9:04] How does running SQLite in Blazor work?

[13:35] Are there limitations on how long we can have it live between browser sessions?

[15:36] Maui has been the biggest focus for the Blazor team throughout .NET.

[22:36] What is the path of WebAssembly in the family of technologies?

[23:11] What is WASI?

[33:03] What does Steve see in the future and how might we be able to bridge more divides?

[35:36] Steve mentions the different services to check out.

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Steve Sanderson

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WebAssembly

Steve was a guest on the Azure DevOps Podcast back in episode 106 in September of 2020.

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