Steve "ardalis" Smith

Steve "ardalis" Smith is an entrepreneur and software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible. He provides mentoring and training workshops for teams with the desire to improve. Steve has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for over 10 consecutive years, and is a frequent speaker at software developer conferences and events. He is the top contributor to the official documentation on ASP.NET Core and enjoys helpings others write maintainable, testable applications using Microsoft's developer tools.

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What's new in C# 14
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What's new in C# 14

This guide covers every new C# 14 feature, explains its benefits, and provides practical code examples to help you navigate how you can use them.

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Let's Build It: AI Chatbot with RAG in .NET Using Your Data
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Let's Build It: AI Chatbot with RAG in .NET Using Your Data

Build a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot that can answer questions using your data.

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Working with Large Language Models
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Working with Large Language Models

Learn how to work with Large Language Models (LLMs). Understand the fundamentals of how GPT works, the transformer architecture, and master prompt engineering techniques to build AI agents.

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From Zero to Hero: SignalR in .NET
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From Zero to Hero: SignalR in .NET

Enable enterprise-grade real-time communication for your web apps with SignalR.

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Deep Dive: Solution Architecture
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Deep Dive: Solution Architecture

Master solution architecture and turn business needs into scalable, maintainable systems.

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Migrating: ASP.NET Web APIs to ASP.NET Core
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Migrating: ASP.NET Web APIs to ASP.NET Core

A step-by-step process to migrate ASP.NET Web APIs from .NET Framework to ASP.NET Core.

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Getting Started: Caching in .NET
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Getting Started: Caching in .NET

Let's make the hardest thing in programming easy for .NET software engineers.

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From Zero to Hero: Testing with xUnit in C#
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From Zero to Hero: Testing with xUnit in C#

Learn how to test any codebase in .NET with the latest version of xUnit, the industry-standard testing library.

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Create a ChatGPT Console AI Chatbot in C#
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Create a ChatGPT Console AI Chatbot in C#

This walkthrough is your hands-on entry point to create a basic C# console application that talks to ChatGPT using the OpenAI API.

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