1 ML.NET: C# developer’s gateway to machine learning
This chapter covers
- What ML.NET is and how can it benefit C# developers
- What makes ML.NET powerful
- What makes ML.NET easy to learn and adopt
- Building an AI coding assistant with ML.NET
Machine learning (ML) has become an increasingly important tool for businesses looking to gain a competitive advantage. By leveraging ML algorithms and techniques, organizations can analyze large amounts of data, uncover patterns and insights, and make more informed decisions.
This book is primarily aimed at software developers who are somewhat familiar with C# and .NET, but don’t necessarily have any experience with machine learning. One of the biggest hurdles that C# developers face is that most machine learning tools require a knowledge of Python, which not every C# developer has the time or opportunity to learn. However, there is a powerful machine learning tool in the .NET ecosystem that relies solely on C#. This tool is called ML.NET. This is a powerful tool that significantly simplifies the machine learning process and makes it relatively easy even for beginners.
This book will provide step-by-step examples of how ML.NET can be used. We will start by covering the most fundamental functionality of ML.NET. Then we will go through the process of using ML.NET to help us build an artificial intelligence tool that can assist software developers by providing suggestions on how to write clean and well-structured code.