LAB: Learn how to implement AI with the eShop Reference Application - "Northern Mountains"

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Clone this repository
• (Windows only) Install Visual Studio. Visual Studio contains tooling support for .NET Aspire that you will want to have. Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 Preview.
  • During installation, ensure that the following are selected:
    • ASP.NET and web development workload.
    • .NET Aspire SDK component in Individual components.
• Install the latest .NET 8 SDK
• On Mac/Linux (or if not using Visual Studio), install the Aspire workload with the following commands:

dotnet workload update
dotnet workload install aspire
dotnet restore eShop.Web.slnf

• Install & start Docker Desktop: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

Running the solution

Warning

Remember to ensure that Docker is started

• (Windows only) Run the application from Visual Studio:

• Open the eShop.Web.slnf file in Visual Studio
• Ensure that eShop.AppHost.csproj is your startup project
• Hit Ctrl-F5 to launch Aspire

• Or run the application from your terminal:

dotnet run --project src/eShop.AppHost/eShop.AppHost.csproj

then look for lines like this in the console output in order to find the URL to open the Aspire dashboard:

Now listening on: http://localhost:18848

Sample data

The sample catalog data is defined in catalog.json. Those product names, descriptions, and brand names are fictional and were generated using GPT-35-Turbo, and the corresponding product images were generated using DALL·E 3.

Implement the AI

Follow the guide to implement AI here! and learn more about AI with a Microsoft Learn session: Infusing your .NET Apps with AI: Practical Tools and Techniques.

Contributing

For more information on contributing to this repo, please read the contribution documentation and the Code of Conduct.

eShop on Azure

For a version of this app configured for deployment on Azure, please view the eShop on Azure repo.