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Build useful and fun .NET applications to deepen your C# knowledge, explore new libraries, and grow your developer confidence - project by project. Key Features Learn by building practical .NET applications for real-world use Develop cross-platform apps, games, web APIs, and AI integrations Master new C# and .NET features through creative, hands-on projects Book DescriptionToo many C# developers feel stuck building the same apps day in and day out - but learning through side projects can reignite your passion and level up your skills. This book offers a practical, hands-on approach to mastering .NET 9 and modern C# by building a variety of engaging applications, from interactive games and productivity tools to machine learning apps and browser-based chatbots. Each project focuses on building something useful or fun, reinforcing critical programming concepts and modern development techniques. You'll work with tools like Spectre.Console, ML.NET, Uno Platform, and more, developing everything from an adventure game and a card tracker to a voice-to-text transcriber and an AI chatbot. Written by an experienced C# engineer and teacher, this book blends technical depth with a developer-friendly tone, helping you learn faster and retain more. Along the way, you'll sharpen your understanding of core .NET capabilities and gain the confidence to apply them in your own work or hobby projects. By the end of this book, you'll not only have a portfolio of practical .NET apps - you’ll also have grown as a developer and rediscovered the joy of programming. What you will learn Build an adventure game console app with Spectre.Console Create infinite world simulations using procedural generation Build RESTful APIs using ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Design a cross-platform chatbot using Uno Platform Incorporate voice recognition and AI with .NET and OpenAI Develop browser-based apps with Blazor and JavaScript interop Train and use ML.NET models in your own applications Explore game development with MonoGame and .NET Who this book is forC# developers eager to deepen their practical knowledge of .NET by building meaningful and creative projects. Suitable for professionals and hobbyists alike, this book is ideal for those who enjoy learning through experimentation. Readers should have a basic understanding of C# and familiarity with the .NET ecosystem.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents

  1. Build a Choose Your Own Adventure with C#
  2. Recreating Enigma with Object-Oriented Programming
  3. Building a data-driven Role Playing Game
  4. Building a trading card tracker API with Entity Framework
  5. Creating a trading card web application using Blazor
  6. Building a test management desktop and mobile application with Avalonia
  7. Building a Side Projects Tracker with .NET Aspire
  8. Building a personal assistant with conversational AI and RAG
  9. AI-powered Role Playing with AI Orchestration and Semantic Kernel
  10. Predicting TV episode ratings with Machine Learning and ML.NET
  11. Building a cooking game with MonoGame
  12. Simulating AI Agents in a Game Overworld
  13. Making a Small RPG with sound and effects
  14. Journeying onwards: building your own side projects


About the Author :
Matt Eland is a senior software engineering and data science consultant at Leading EDJE in Columbus, Ohio. He loves sharing his journey by teaching software engineering, AI, and data science concepts in the most engaging ways possible. Matt has used machine learning to settle debates over whether certain movies are Christmas movies, reinforcement learning to create digital attack squirrels, data analytics to suggest improvements to his favorite TV show, and AI agents to play board games and create an AI agent with the personality of a dog. He is the author of multiple books and courses, helps organize a user group and regional conferences, holds a Master's of Science in Data Analytics, and is a 2x Microsoft MVP in AI and .NET.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781836642510
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
  • Publisher Imprint: Packt Publishing Limited
  • ISBN-10: 1836642512
  • Publisher Date: 17 Apr 2026


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