Want to see a creative application of .NET and Azure OpenAI? In this week's episode, community MVP Michael Washington shows us a Blazor application (running in MAUI and as a PWA) that creates stories using Azure OpenAI and OpenAI models.

⌚ Chapters:

00:00 Countdown

02:53 Welcome to On.NET Live

04:06 Intro Michael Washington

05:33 On today's session - Storytelling with AI

09:03 What is a Large Language Model (LLM)

10:05 What is a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Pattern

10:50 Why use a Vector Database

13:53 The Prompt

15:00 Fine Tuning a model

19:20 Q&A

23:03 Research

28:31 AIOrchestrator demo

34:36 The Experiments that lead to AI StoryBuilders

35:48 AI Story Builders

39:54 Get Started

54:32 The Code

01:01:59 Closing remarks

Community Links:

AI Orchestrator Repo: https://github.com/AIStoryBuilders/AIOrchestrator

AI Story Builders Repo: https://github.com/AIStoryBuilders

Get Started: https://online.aistorybuilders.com/

Featuring: Michael Washington, Cam Soper, Frank Boucher, David Pine (@davidpine7)

#blazor #maui #ai #azure

This monthly beginner series will walk through the fundamentals of using Semantic Kernel SDK to build intelligent applications that automate tasks and perform natural language processing. Come learn something new and leave with something that we all built, together, live with experts!

🎁 Collection: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet/SK

🎯 Cloud Skills Challenge: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet/SK/csc

🏆 Assessment: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet/SK/credentials

🎥 Community Link: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet

🎙️ Featuring: Phi Hyunh (Microsoft MVP)

Acknowledgment: This content streams in Vietnamese.

#dotnet #semantickernel

This monthly beginner series will walk through the fundamentals of using Semantic Kernel SDK to build intelligent applications that automate tasks and perform natural language processing. Come learn something new and leave with something that we all built, together, live with experts!

🎁 Collection: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet/SK

🎯 Cloud Skills Challenge: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet/SK/csc

🏆 Assessment: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet/SK/credentials

🎥 Community Link: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet

🎙️ Featuring: Frank Boucher (@fboucheros)

Acknowledgment: This content streams in French.

#dotnet #semantickernel

This monthly beginner series will walk through the fundamentals of using Semantic Kernel SDK to build intelligent applications that automate tasks and perform natural language processing. Come learn something new and leave with something that we all built, together, live with experts!

🎁 Collection: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet/SK

🎯 Cloud Skills Challenge: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet/SK/csc

🏆 Assessment: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet/SK/credentials

🎥 Community Link: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet

🎙️ Featuring: Kazuki Ota (@okazuki) Miho Kurimoto (@Danny_miho) Nori Suzuki (@szkn27)

Acknowledgment: This content streams in Japanese.

#dotnet #semantickernel

Join us for an exciting deep dive into RLMatrix, a pure C# library revolutionizing Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) in the .NET ecosystem. In this session, Adrian Sieradzki, the creator of RLMatrix, will demonstrate how developers can leverage cutting-edge DRL algorithms like Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) and DQN Rainbow to integrate AI into their projects without needing deep learning expertise. Whether you’re developing console apps or experimenting with game development in Godot, RLMatrix offers flexibility and power for both beginners and experts. Unlock the potential of AI in enterprise and research applications with this groundbreaking .NET library.

⏲️ Chapters:

00:00 Countdown

01:02 Welcome to .NET AI Community Standup

04:00 Introduction

15:36 RLMatrix Examples

49:18 RLMatrix Unity Example

54:45 RLMatrix Toolkit

01:01:59 Wrap

Community Links:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/collections/xgpwso4z1j0y30

https://github.com/asieradzk/RL_Matrix

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/ai-show/get-started-with-reinforcement-learning-on-azure-machine-learning

https://github.com/SciSharp/Gym.NET

Featuring: Bruno (@elbruno), Adrian (@adisiera)

#dotnet #AI #ReinforcementLearning #RLMatrix #DeepLearning

.NET Aspire is great for building distributed applications, defining all the resources, how they reference each other, and starting all the containers and projects. But integration testing can still be tricky as you need that whole environment setup as well. Don't worry, .NET Aspire is here to help, let's take a look at how to use the testing features it provides.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

01:00 - App walkthrough & identify integration test opportunities

02:24 - Creating a .NET Aspire test project

03:30 - Writing the web frontend test

07:25 - Running the frontend test

08:00 - Writing and running the backend test

11:00 - Wrap-up

Resources:

Blog: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/getting-started-with-testing-and-dotnet-aspire/

.NET Aspire: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspire/

.NET Aspire Testing: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspire/fundamentals/testing?pivots=mstest

MS Test Overview: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/testing/unit-testing-mstest-intro

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👨‍🎓Microsoft Learn: https://aka.ms/learndotnet

#dotnet #dotnetaspire

Looking to add a little interaction to your .NET MAUI apps? How about some swiping? There is support for gestures in .NET MAUI including swipes that allows you to create unique experiences. Let's check it out.

Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

01:07 - Adding GestureRecognizers to an element in XAML

02:27 - Writing event code for a SwipeGestureRecognizer

04:10 - Adding an additional TapGestureRecognizer

04:57 - Adding GestureRecognizers in code

05:10 - Resources and wrap-up

Resources:

Documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui/fundamentals/gestures/swipe

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👨‍🎓Microsoft Learn: https://aka.ms/learndotnet

#dotnet

The IAsyncEnumerable T interface is one of the most powerful features in .NET. In this week's episode, community member Chase Aucoin shows us the powerful capabilities of IAsyncEnumerable in .NET. We'll supercharge .NET with IAsyncEnumerables: Efficient Data Streams and Real-Time Processing! Chase highlights how this feature can transform data processing patterns to be more efficient and scalable using real-world examples such as fetching large data partitions from a database, streaming them locally in a Blazor app, and performing aggregation without repeatedly querying the database.

Repo: https://github.com/chaseaucoin/AsyncStreamDemo

Featuring: Chase Aucoin (@ChaseAucoin)

#iasyncenumerable #dotnet

Just 10 years, no big deal. Also, maybe Scott is 3D printing something or Damian is back to wearing two watches? Find out, and ask your questions live!

Featuring: Scott Hanselman (@shanselman), Damian Edwards (@damianedwards), Jon Galloway (@jongalloway)

#dotnet #aspnetcore

.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) provides in-built support for using dependency injection. Dependency injection is a specialized version of the Inversion of Control (IoC) pattern, where the concern being inverted is the process of obtaining the required dependency. With dependency injection, another class is responsible for injecting dependencies into an object at runtime. Let's take a look!

Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

00:40 - Sample application overview

01:50 - Explaining why to add dependency injection to the application

02:47 - Registering dependencies for the application

05:30 - Using registered dependencies in pages and ViewModels

06:50 - Demonstrating the updated application

08:05 - Walkthrough of a more complex example with multiple dependencies

09:19 - Wrap up and suggested resources

Resources:

Documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui/fundamentals/dependency-injection

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#dotnet