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.NET Core 2.0 By Example

By : Neha Shrivastava, Rishabh Verma
Book Image

.NET Core 2.0 By Example

By: Neha Shrivastava, Rishabh Verma

Overview of this book

With the rise in the number of tools and technologies available today, developers and architects are always exploring ways to create better and smarter solutions. Before, the differences between target platforms was a major roadblock, but that's not the case now. .NET Core 2.0 By Example will take you on an exciting journey to building better software. This book provides fresh and relevant content to .NET Core 2.0 in a succinct format that’s enjoyable to read. It also delivers concepts, along with the implications, design decisions, and potential pitfalls you might face when targeting Linux and Windows systems, in a logical and simple way. With the .NET framework at its center, the book comprises of five varied projects: a multiplayer Tic-tac-toe game; a real-time chat application, Let'sChat; a chatbot; a microservice-based buying-selling application; and a movie booking application. You will start each chapter with a high-level overview of the content, followed by the above example applications described in detail. By the end of each chapter, you will not only be proficient with the concepts, but you’ll also have created a tangible component in the application. By the end of the book, you will have built five solid projects using all the tools and support provided by the .NET Core 2.0 framework.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Bot 101


A Chatbot, also known as talkbot, chatterbot, Bot, or IM bot, is a computer program which conducts a conversation through auditory or textual methods. Such programs are often designed to convincingly simulate how a human would behave as a conversational partner, thereby passing the Turing test. Chatbots are typically used in dialog systems for various practical purposes, including customer service or information acquisition. You would have noticed that various sites offer live chat with agents as it helps them gain better customer experience and business. In this section, we will see how we can quickly create a simple Chatbot to answer the basic questions. This section is completely informational and just provides a basic 100-level awareness of how a simple Chatbot can be created and the related technology. Curious and enthusiastic readers can explore other avenues from this basic knowledge. Let's learn to develop a simple FAQ Bot, which will answer simple queries like:

  • How do I use...