The Azure AI Language service provides developers with an API for common text analysis techniques, such as the ability to detect language from text, perform sentiment analysis, key phrase extraction, and named entity recognition and linking. Provisioning The first step in analyzing text with Azure AI Language is provisioning a Language service resource in Azure….
One of the first things people think about when developing for a new platform / using a new technology is monetization; and in my case the question is: how easy is it to integrate AdMob? For .NET MAUI the answer would be: “It depends” – it depends on luck & on the complexity of what…
The Azure AI Language service provides developers with an API for common text analysis techniques, such as the ability to detect language from text, perform sentiment analysis, key phrase extraction, and named entity recognition and linking. Provisioning The first step in analyzing text with Azure AI Language is provisioning a Language service resource in Azure….
This article will guide you through building your first .NET Aspire application. If you want an overview of .NET Aspire and what it brings to the table, check out our What is .NET Aspire article. Prerequisites There are a few things you need to have ready before you get started with .NET Aspire: If you…
.NET Aspire is a comprehensive, cloud-oriented framework designed for creating scalable, observable, and production-grade distributed applications. In this article we’ll look at the prerequisites of getting started with .NET Aspire. If you want an overview of .NET Aspire and what it brings to the table, check out our What is .NET Aspire article. There are…
.NET Aspire is a comprehensive, cloud-oriented framework designed for creating scalable, observable, and production-grade distributed applications. It was introduced in preview part of the .NET 8 release. The framework is provided through a set of NuGet packages, each addressing different aspects of cloud-native application development, which are typically structured as a network of microservices rather…
Unlocking the mystery behind converting megabytes to kilobytes is like discovering the secret to a captivating magic trick. It’s a fundamental concept, yet its application may seem bewildering at first. Fortunately, with the right knowledge, you can unravel this seemingly complex puzzle with ease. In this article, we’ll delve into the seamless process of converting…
In C#, you can randomly slect items from a list using Random.GetItems, a method introduced in .NET 8. The method takes in two parameters: There are two important things to note about this method: With all this being said, let’s take a few examples. Let’s assume the following array of choices: For selecting 2 random…
Starting with .NET 8, it’s possible to directly generate a tar.gz container archive. This is particularly advantageous for more complex workflows where activities like scanning the images before pushing them are needed. After creating the archive, it can be transferred, scanned, or incorporated into your local Docker setup. For archiving during publication, integrate the ContainerArchiveOutputPath…
Whether you are developing a custom controls library or simply organizing your solution into multiple project, you will most likely end up in the situation where you want to register some view handlers and services from within a MAUI library. To start off, there’s no such thing as zero-configuration registration. MAUI uses a builder pattern…
The error you’re encountering is because in C#, sizeof can only be used with types that have a predefined size known at compile-time, and the Point structure is not one of those types unless you’re in an unsafe context. There are two ways you can resolve this. Use unsafe code This would allow the use…
One less-known feature of the UnsafeAccessorAttribute is that it also allows you to access auto-generated backing fields of auto-properties – fields with unspeakable names. The way to access them is very similar to accesing fields, the only difference being the member name pattern, which looks like this: Let’s take the following class as an example:…