NEOSPY

Background.

As a fan of everything space related (no surprise there) and an excuse to try out a new framework this microsite let me explore both APIs, Blazor and learn more about the asteroids and objects floating around our home.

Development.

Due to the size of the project it was a quick one, development took a couple of days including setup, design mockups and drafts. The project was never intended to go beyond a minimal viable product and a believe a simple framework like Blazor was a good choice. The draw was the absence of having to write javascript and the way it worked caught my attention initially but neither workflow or performance made an impact with a project this small.

Status and conclusion.

The functionality of the site are working, I’m content with the result of this small project and have currently no intentions of releasing it into the wild (I’m sure there are a dozen similar sites out there, including the official NASA site). So I’m filing this project in the Complete but not published section. The Blazor framework was quite pleasantly uncomplicated to work, especially with my C# experience. That being said, it has no major advantages over any of the more popular web frameworks.