What is The Blazor Puzzle?
The Blazor Puzzle is a YouTube series where software developers Carl Franklin and Microsoft PM Jeff Fritz offer Blazor coding challenges and bug hunts, and give away prizes.
This show is definitely SFW (Safe For Work). We don't swear, and we don't tolerate it in the chat. We're here to have fun and learn Blazor.
This show is definitely SFW (Safe For Work). We don't swear, and we don't tolerate it in the chat. We're here to have fun and learn Blazor.
Videos
Episode 32 - 4/19/2024 (10:36)
Updating Parameters
Carl and Jeff want to know why changing a component’s parameter value doesn’t work.
Episode 31 - 4/12/2024 (7:24)
Re-use This!
Carl and Jeff want to know why they can't drop an existing Blazor page into a Blazor Hybrid app.
Episode 30 - 4/12/2024 (7:24)
Where's The Layout?
Carl and Jeff want to know why adding a parameter to the Home page results in the loss of CSS styling.
Episode 29 - 3/29/2024 (10:59)
A Pre-Render Bender?
Carl and Jeff want to know how to deal with side-effects of turning off pre-rendering in a .NET 8 Blazor Web App.
Episode 28 - 3/22/2024 (10:59)
Where's the HTML?
Carl and Jeff want to know how to display raw HTML in a Blazor page or component.
Episode 27 - 3/15/2024 (12:12)
Click Once, That's It!
Carl and Jeff want to know why a button click only works once.
Episode 26 - 3/8/2024 (12:11)
From RCL to Routable Page
Carl and Jeff want to know how to make a component in a Razor Class Library routable in a Blazor Web App.
Episode 25 - 3/1/2024 (9:52)
ButtonNumber++
Carl and Jeff want to know why dynamic button components don't hold their numbers.
Episode 24 - 2/23/2024 (9:51)
Let us Stand Alone
Carl and Jeff want to know how to create a Blazor Standalone WebAssembly Web App in .NET 8.
Episode 23 - 2/16/2024 (15:39)
Forge Ahead!
Carl and Jeff want to know why an AntiForgeryToken is not being passed to an EditForm.
Episode 22 - 2/9/2024 (8:45)
Icon Not Find Icons!
In this episode, Carl and Jeff want to know how to add more icons to the NavMenu component.
Episode 21 - 1/26/2024 (10:26)
Bungle a Bundle
In this episode, Carl and Jeff want to know how to bundle CSS and JavaScript using C# in a Blazor Web App.
Episode 20 - 1/19/2024 (8:32)
It's a 404 World
In this episode, Carl and Jeff want to know how to implement a 404 handler in a Blazor Web App.
Episode 19 - 1/12/2024 (12:58)
To Layout or Not Layout
In this episode, Carl and Jeff want to know how to show a page that does not use a layout.
Episode 18 - 1/4/2024 (10:07)
Where's the Config?
In this episode, Carl and Jeff want to know how to display a message from the config file in a WebAssembly app.
Episode 17 - 12/22/2023 (9:19)
Whether or Not
In this episode, Jeff and Carl improve the Weather page to better show off the Streaming Rendering feature of Blazor in .NET 8.
Episode 16 - 12/15/2023 (9:11)
No Message for You!
In this episode, Carl and Jeff wonder why a variable doesn't persist between calls.
Episode 15 - 12/8/2023 (12:39)
Unexpected Behavior
In this episode, Carl and Jeff wonder why a .NET Blazor Web App is behaving strangely.
Episode 14 - 12/1/2023 (22:59)
Simple App Doesn't Work
In this episode, Carl and Jeff want to know why this simple .NET 8 Blazor Web App doesn't work.
Episode 13 - 11/16/2023 (25:20)
Upgrade This App!
In this episode, Carl and Jeff show a Blazor Server app that accesses data and displays it in a grid. The challenge is to upgrade it to a .NET 8 Blazor Web App with the Auto Interactive mode.
Episode 12 - 11/10/2023 (16:14)
Build a Better Background Service
In this episode, Carl and Jeff show a Blazor Server app that implements a problematic background service Is there a better way to write it?
Episode 11 - 11/03/2023 (9:48)
Build a Better State Bag
In this episode, Carl and Jeff show a solution with shared state that shows updates using INotifyPropertyChanged. Is there a better way to achieve this?
Episode 10 - 10/27/2023 (11:12)
Stop the Rendering
In this episode, Carl and Jeff show a solution in which a child component keeps rendering when we don't want it to. How can we stop it from rendering?
Episode 9 - 10/20/2023 (09:30)
A Matter of Focus
In this episode, Carl Franklin and Jeff Fritz need help to figure out why they can't show an input tag and set focus from a button.
Episode 8 - 10/13/2023 (10:11)
A Printing Puzzle
In this episode, Carl Franklin and Jeff Fritz wonder how to tell Blazor that a certain part of markup should not be included in the printed document.
Episode 7 - 10/6/2023 (11:54)
A Parameter Problem #2
In this episode, Carl Franklin and Jeff Fritz continue with the project from last week by adding a footer with a checkbox to enable dark mode, but it doesn't work. Why?
Episode 6 - 9/29/2023 (9:55)
A Parameter Problem
In this episode, Carl Franklin and Jeff Fritz show a Blazor app that passes parameters three levels down the chain, but it doesn't work. Why?
Episode 5 - 9/22/2023 (9:17)
Localization Woes
In this episode, Carl Franklin and Jeff Fritz show a Blazor app to demonstrate Localization, but it doesn't work. Why?
Episode 4 - 9/15/2023 (9:17)
Lazy Not Loading!
In this episode, Carl Franklin and Jeff Fritz show a Blazor WebAssembly app that should be lazy loading a large library (on demand), but it doesn't work. Why?
Episode 3 - 9/8/2023 (10:59)
JavaScript Calling!
In this episode, Carl Franklin and Jeff Fritz show a Blazor Server app that Jeff converted from an MVC app, but it's getting a 404 error. Why?
Episode 2 - 9/1/2023 (10:55)
Got JavaScript?
In this episode, Carl Franklin and Jeff Fritz show a solution where Blazor calls into JavaScript, and then JavaScript calls Blazor C# code after 5 seconds.
Episode 1 - 8/25/2023 (10:56)
Introducing The Blazor Puzzle
In the premiere episode, Carl Franklin and Jeff Fritz offer thier first challenge. What's wrong with this code?