ML.NET: Machine Learning for .NET Developers

Microsoft released ML.NET as a commitment to making machine learning a great and easy experience in .NET. First, let's go over the basics of machine learning. Machine learning is getting computers to make predictions without being explicitly programmed. Machine learning is used to solve problems that are difficult (or impossible) to solve with rules-based programming (e.g., if statements and for loops). For instance, if you were asked to create an application that predicts whether an image has a dog in it or not, you might not know where to start. Similarly, if you were asked to write a function that predicts the price of a shirt based on the description of the shirt, you might start by looking at keywords such as "long sleeves" and "business casual," but you might not know how to build a function to scale that to a few hundred products.