An AI orchestration and retrieval augmentation generation (RAG) framework for .NET — This article is my entry as part of C# Advent 2023. Visit CSAdvent.Christmas more articles in the series by other authors. Introducing Semantic Kernel and the Kernel Object Generative AI systems use large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT 3.5 Turbo (ChatGPT) or GPT-4 to respond to text prompts from the user. But these systems have serious…

This summer and fall I had the opportunity to write “Refactoring with C#”, a technical book on C# development, through Packt Publishing. When I considered doing this project in the spring there wasn’t much out there on what it’s like to be an author with Packt, so I thought I’d…

Using the time magic command to explore algorithmic performance — Polyglot Notebooks is a great way of running interactive code experiments mixed together with rich markdown documentation. In this short article I want to introduce you to the #!time magic command and show you how you can easily measure the execution time of a block of code. This can be…

Using NuGet and Local Files to Import Code into Notebooks — We’ve seen that Polyglot Notebooks allow you to mix together markdown and code (including C# code) in an interactive notebook and these notebooks allow you to share data between cells and between languages. …

Interactive Data Visualization Alongside your dotnet Notebooks — As I’ve been doing more and more dotnet development in notebooks with Polyglot Notebooks I’ve found myself wanting more options to create rich data visualizations inside of VS Code the same way I could use Plotly for data visualization using Python and Jupyter Notebooks. Thankfully, Microsoft SandDance exists and fills…

Showing the process of sharing data between C# and F# Notebook Cells — While Polyglot Notebooks certainly brings the dream of notebook development to dotnet, Polyglot is at its finest when you work with one language and then hand off data to the next language for additional processing. In this article we’ll talk about sharing variables between kernels using Polyglot Notebooks and VS…

Answering the most common question I get about Polyglot Notebooks — I’ve been talking more and more about Polyglot Notebooks and as people try it out, they tend to ask me one common question: should I create a .dib file or an .ipynb file? What's the difference anyways?

Mixing together documentation and dotnet into an analytics notebook — I’ve loved dotnet development since beta 2 of dotnet back in 2001. One of the things I love about being a dotnet developer is that dotnet continues to grow and evolve over the years. …

Installing a dotnet notebook environment for experimentation — Polyglot Notebooks is a powerful new interactive notebook technology that lets you run experiments in your editor, mix together code and rich documentation, and write code in a variety of languages to accomplish your tasks. This article will guide you through the setup process to get Polyglot Notebooks running on…