Getting Started with Blazor Server Side App in VS for Mac
9 Aug 20236 minutes to read
This article provides a step-by-step instructions for building Blazor Server App with Blazor Calendar
component using Visual Studio for Mac.
Prerequisites
Create a Blazor Server Side App in Visual Studio for Mac
You can create a Blazor Server App using Visual Studio for mac in the following way.
Install Syncfusion Blazor packages in the App
Syncfusion Blazor components are available in nuget.org. To use Syncfusion Blazor components in the application, add reference to the corresponding NuGet. Refer to NuGet packages topic for available NuGet packages list with component details and Benefits of using individual NuGet packages.
To add Blazor Calendar component in the app, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), search for Syncfusion.Blazor.Calendars and then install it.
Register Syncfusion Blazor Service
Open ~/_Imports.razor
file and import the Syncfusion.Blazor
namespace.
@using Syncfusion.Blazor
Now, register the Syncfusion Blazor Service in the Blazor Server App. Open the ~/Startup.cs
file and register the Syncfusion Blazor Service. Here, Syncfusion Blazor Service is registered by setting IgnoreScriptIsolation property as true to load the scripts externally in the next steps.
NOTE
From 2022 Vol-1 (20.1) version, the default value of
IgnoreScriptIsolation
is changed totrue
. It is not necessary to set theIgnoreScriptIsolation
property to refer scripts externally, since the default value has already been changed to true, and this property is obsolete.
using Syncfusion.Blazor;
namespace BlazorApp
{
public class Startup
{
...
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddRazorPages();
services.AddServerSideBlazor();
services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
}
...
}
}
Add style sheet
Checkout the Blazor Themes topic to learn different ways (Static Web Assets, CDN and CRG) to refer themes in Blazor application, and to have the expected appearance for Syncfusion Blazor components. Here, the theme is referred using Static Web Assets. Refer to Enable static web assets usage topic to use static assets in your project.
To add theme to the app, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), search for Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes and then install it.
NOTE
If you are using Syncfusion.Blazor single NuGet, you don’t have to refer Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes NuGet. Since style sheets already inside the assets of
Syncfusion.Blazor
NuGet.
Then, the theme style sheet from NuGet can be referred inside the <head>
as follows,
- ~/Pages/_Layout.cshtml file for .NET 6.
- ~/Pages/_Host.cshtml file for .NET 3.X, .NET 5 and .NET 7
<head>
....
<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<!--Refer theme style sheet as below if you are using Syncfusion.Blazor Single NuGet-->
<!--<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />-->
</head>
<head>
....
<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<!--Refer theme style sheet as below if you are using Syncfusion.Blazor Single NuGet-->
<!--<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />-->
</head>
Add script reference
Checkout Adding Script Reference topic to learn different ways to add script reference in Blazor Application. In this getting started walk-through, the required scripts are referred using Static Web Assets externally inside the <head>
as follows. Refer to Enable static web assets usage topic to use static assets in your project.
- ~/Pages/_Host.cshtml file for .NET 3.X, NET 5 and .NET 7.
- ~/Pages/_Layout.cshtml for .NET 6.
<head>
....
<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Core/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<!--Use below script reference if you are using Syncfusion.Blazor Single NuGet-->
<!--<script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>-->
</head>
<head>
....
<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Core/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<!--Use below script reference if you are using Syncfusion.Blazor Single NuGet-->
<!--<script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>-->
</head>
NOTE
Syncfusion recommends to reference scripts using Static Web Assets, CDN and CRG by disabling JavaScript isolation for better loading performance of the Blazor application.
Add Syncfusion Blazor component
- Open ~/_Imports.razor file or any razor page under the
~/Pages
folder where the component is to be added and import theSyncfusion.Blazor.Calendars
namespace.
@using Syncfusion.Blazor
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.Calendars
- Now, add the Syncfusion Calendar component in .razor file. Here, the Calendar component is added in the ~/Pages/Index.razor page under the
~/Pages
folder.
<SfCalendar TValue="DateTime" />
- ⌘+F5 to run the app. Then, the Syncfusion Blazor Calendar component will be rendered in the default web browser.
NOTE
When utilizing a PDF viewer on macOS (ARM), we highly recommend opting for our NextGen PDF Viewer since it has excellent compatibility with macOS (ARM) architecture.
NOTE
You need to include a valid license key (either paid or trial key) within your applications. Refer to this help topic for more information.