Creating the TaskManager Project

Learn how to create our project in Blazor WebAssembly using the Blazor WebAssembly project template.

We'll cover the following

The TaskManager project will be created by using Microsoft’s Blazor WebAssembly App project template to create a hosted Blazor WebAssembly app. First, we will examine the demo project created by the project template. Then, we will add a TaskItem class and a TaskItemsController class. We will use Entity Framework migrations to create a database in SQL Server. Finally, we will demonstrate how to read data, update data, delete data, and add data using the HttpClient service.

Getting started with the project

We need to create a new Blazor WebAssembly app. We do this as follows:

  1. Open Visual Studio.

  2. Click the “Create a new project” button.

  3. In the “Search for templates (Alt+S)” textbox, enter “Blazor” and hit the “Enter” key.

    The following screenshot shows the Blazor WebAssembly App project template that we will be using:

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