Denny09310.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates 1.0.5

Blazor WebAssembly Hosted Template

A custom multi-project template for quickly creating a solution that combines:

• Blazor WebAssembly (standalone) client app (Client)
• ASP.NET Core Web API backend (Server)
• A shared solution file (.sln or .slnx)
• Configurable .NET version (8, 9, or 10 preview)

🧰 Features

• 🔧 Ready-to-run hosted Blazor WebAssembly + Web API setup
• 🎯 Choose your target framework: .NET 8, .NET 9, or .NET 10
• 🧩 Choose solution format: .sln or .slnx
• ⚡ Automatically restores NuGet packages after creation
• 🖼️ Custom icon for Visual Studio / dotnet new list view

🚀 How to Install

Option 1 — From Local Folder

If you cloned or downloaded this repo:

dotnet new --install ./MyBlazorHostedTemplate

Option 2 — From NuGet Package (after publishing)

dotnet new --install Denny09310.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates::<version>

Replace <version> with the NuGet version (e.g. 1.0.0).

🧩 Create a New Project

Run one of the following commands:

# Default (uses .NET 9 and classic .sln)
dotnet new blazor-hosted -n MyApp

# Use .NET 8 (LTS)
dotnet new blazor-hosted -n MyApp -p framework=net8.0

# Use .NET 10 (preview)
dotnet new blazor-hosted -n MyApp -p framework=net10.0

# Use accelerated .slnx format
dotnet new blazor-hosted -n MyApp -p format=slnx

🗂️ Generated Structure

After creation, you’ll get a solution like this:

MyApp/
├── MyApp.sln (or MyApp.slnx)
├── Client/
│   ├── Client.csproj
│   └── (Blazor WebAssembly app)
└── Server/
    ├── Server.csproj
    └── (ASP.NET Core Web API)

⚙️ Template Parameters

💡 Development Notes

• The icon is located in .template.config/images/icon.png
• Template configuration: .template.config/template.json
• CLI display configuration: .template.config/dotnetcli.host.json
• Automatically runs dotnet restore after creation

🧪 Testing Locally

Uninstall / reinstall after making changes:

dotnet new --uninstall ./MyBlazorHostedTemplate
dotnet new --install ./MyBlazorHostedTemplate

List your installed templates:

dotnet new list

📦 Packaging for Distribution

Option 1 — Pack from .nuspec

nuget pack BlazorHostedTemplate.nuspec
dotnet new --install ./Denny09310.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates.1.0.0.nupkg

Option 2 — Pack via SDK Project

dotnet pack ./TemplatePack/TemplatePack.csproj -c Release
dotnet new --install ./bin/Release/Denny09310.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates.1.0.0.nupkg

🧑‍💻 Author

Denny09310 📧 k.denny2000@gmail.com 🗓️ Version: 1.0.0 🏷️ Identity: dev.denny09310.blazor-hosted

📝 License

MIT License — feel free to use and modify for your own templates.