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Blazor vs Google App Maker: What are the differences?

Introduction: Blazor and Google App Maker are both tools for building web applications, but they have key differences that set them apart.

  1. Framework vs Platform: Blazor is a framework developed by Microsoft that allows developers to build interactive web applications using C# and .NET, while Google App Maker is a low-code development platform that enables users to create custom business applications without the need for traditional coding.

  2. Hosting: Blazor applications can be hosted on any server that supports .NET Core, while Google App Maker applications are hosted on Google Cloud Platform, which offers scalability and reliability but may require additional configuration.

  3. Customization: Blazor provides greater flexibility for customization and extensibility through the use of C# and .NET libraries, allowing developers to create highly tailored applications, whereas Google App Maker offers a more user-friendly interface for creating applications quickly but with limited customization options.

  4. Integration: Blazor seamlessly integrates with other .NET technologies and services, making it easy to connect with databases, APIs, and third-party tools, while Google App Maker is tightly integrated with Google services such as G Suite, Google Drive, and Google Cloud SQL.

  5. Development Experience: With Blazor, developers have full control over the development process, including debugging and testing, using familiar tools like Visual Studio, whereas Google App Maker simplifies the development process by providing pre-built templates and drag-and-drop components for rapid application development.

  6. Cost: While Blazor is free to use as an open-source framework, Google App Maker is part of G Suite's Enterprise plan, which comes with a subscription fee, making it a more costly option for businesses looking to build custom applications.

In Summary, Blazor and Google App Maker differ in terms of their underlying technology, hosting options, customization capabilities, integration with other services, development experience, and cost.

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Pros of Blazor
Pros of Google App Maker
  • 62
    Uses C#
  • 48
    No need to learn separate language or technology
  • 41
    Supports making a single page application
  • 39
    Tight integration with .NET project
  • 37
    Uses .NET standard library
  • 30
    Very little JavaScript required
  • 29
    Components
  • 27
    Shared classes between client and server
  • 27
    No need to compile, bundle and deploy separately
  • 24
    Cross Platform
  • 21
    Has Server AND Client hosting models
  • 18
    Very easy JavaScript interop if required
  • 17
    Third party state management i.e. Blazor-State
  • 14
    App state can be managed singleton objects
  • 4
    Portable Code across Mobile, Web and Desktop
  • 2
    Work with Electron/MAUI
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    Cons of Blazor
    Cons of Google App Maker
    • 4
      Initial load time
    • 2
      Hard to inject javascript
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      What is Blazor?

      Blazor is a .NET web framework that runs in any browser. You author Blazor apps using C#/Razor and HTML.

      What is Google App Maker?

      App Maker lets you develop powerful apps with relative ease. Create a model to manage your data, build a UI in the visual editor, use Apps Script to write some scripts, and you're on your way.

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      What are some alternatives to Blazor and Google App Maker?
      React
      Lots of people use React as the V in MVC. Since React makes no assumptions about the rest of your technology stack, it's easy to try it out on a small feature in an existing project.
      JavaScript
      JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
      Vaadin
      It is the fastest way to build web applications in Java. It automates the communication between your server and the browser and gives you a high-level component API for all Vaadin components
      Xamarin
      Xamarin’s Mono-based products enable .NET developers to use their existing code, libraries and tools (including Visual Studio*), as well as skills in .NET and the C# programming language, to create mobile applications for the industry’s most widely-used mobile devices, including Android-based smartphones and tablets, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
      Flutter
      Flutter is a mobile app SDK to help developers and designers build modern mobile apps for iOS and Android.
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