Learning Curve with Blazor Framework

• Invested time in exploring Blazor’s official documentation and tutorials.
• Experimented with smaller proof-of-concept applications to understand the component lifecycle (OnInitialized, OnParametersSet, etc.).
• Participated in forums and discussions (e.g., Stack Overflow, GitHub Issues) to learn from the community and resolve doubts.

State Management Across Components

• Introduced a centralized state management approach using services and dependency injection.
• Utilized the IJSRuntime for JavaScript interop when necessary to bridge gaps in functionality.
• Implemented Observable patterns and EventCallbacks to propagate state changes between components.

Integration with .NET Core APIs

• Used HttpClient effectively by creating a shared service to handle all API requests.
• Adopted AutoMapper on the backend to simplify the transformation of models between database entities and DTOs.
• Enforced robust error handling in API responses and deserialization with structured exception handling mechanisms.

Authentication and Authorization

• Leveraged Blazor’s AuthenticationStateProvider to manage authentication states.
• Used JWT for stateless authentication and ensured token validation at the backend APIs.
• Implemented role-based and policy-based authorization using Blazor’s built-in AuthorizeView and custom policies in .NET Core.

UI/UX Challenges with Blazor Rendering

• Adopted Virtualization for rendering large lists and tables.
• Used RenderFragment to optimize rendering and decouple UI logic from business logic.
• Monitored performance bottlenecks with browser dev tools and optimized DOM updates using Blazor lifecycle methods.