Convert 2sxc app to Oqtane's SPA

[enfJoao]

Hey.

Does 2sxc plan to support Oqtane's SPA framework and interactive mode to discard javascript for C#?

Or does it already?

[iJungleboy]

I assume you're talking about the Edit UIs etc.

This is certainly not planned ;)

The C# Blazor model has a LOT of drawbacks - and changing it would make 2sxc incompatible with DNN.

IMHO Blazor is the next evolution of Razor, in terms of the component-model.

But many other things it introduced - such as running .net in the browser - are IMHO not a good idea.
A lot of things must happen for this to be possible, and these things have a high cost in terms of Bandwidth and more.

The .net-in-browser appealed to C# developers who were afraid to learn JS SPAs.
But as we can see in every new release, Microsoft is aware of the problem and is making Blazor much more JS friendly than it used to be.

The new "Static Rendering" which was introduced in .net 8 is a clear indication that Microsoft also found it's way "back" :)

[enfJoao]

Not just about the edit UIs, but app development itself. Using both DNN and Oqtane, there are a couple issues preventing app creation for both CMSs:

1. Libraries exclusive to either .net framework or .net core (cookie management for example in system.web)
2. Javascript that cannot be placed in external libraries (contains razor code, for example). Blazor does not isolate pages or apps, so they all get added to the DOM/whatever and switching between pages causes wild issues. It's almost like a single Oqtane install is meant for a single app with a very limited purpose.
   Blazor proposes the js removal in favor of C#, but I wonder how would this work in a 2sxc app (not an oqtane module).

[iJungleboy]

So the road forward IMHO is clearly Blazor on the server.

The component model allows building things which are quite nice.
But in the end we would still generate HTML etc.

Once Server-Side is really "cemented" we can look into providing Blazor as an optional renderer (in addition to Razor).
But I think this will take another 1-2 years.