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Learn how to create an Azure OpenAI instance and deploy a model to it, how to integrate the Azure OpenAI SDK into your .NET application, and how to use the chat completions APIs to create a chatbot.

Learn how to change the lifetime of services already added to a service collection.

Learn how to build a link shortener using C#, .NET, and Redis. You'll be using ASP.NET Core to build the URL forwarder and the System.CommandLine libraries to manage the data.

Emulate webhook requests to test your Twilio webhook applications using the new webhook plugin for the Twilio CLI.

Learn how to generate TwiML instructions to respond to texts and voice calls using XML Literals in Visual Basic .NET and ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs.

Learn how Twilio uses webhooks and TwiML to give you control over how to respond to a call or text message. You can generate TwiML using strings in many ways, and with C# 11 you can now also use Raw String Literals.

Learn how Twilio uses webhooks and TwiML to give you control over how to respond to a call or text message. You can generate TwiML in many ways, and with C# 11 you can now also use Raw String Literals.

Learn how to develop webhooks on your local machine using Visual Studio dev tunnels and ASP.NET Core.

Visual Basic .NET (VB) is not dead, but it's not getting the same amount of love as C# or even F#. Luckily, all that is .NET can be used by all .NET languages including VB, so you can still use ASP.NET Core and Minimal APIs with the VB language.

Learn how to create an SMS bot that looks up U.S. Congressional Districts and Representatives using the Google Civic Information API, C#, ASP.NET Core Minimal API, and Twilio SMS.

There are many ways to bulk email, each with their own strengths. Learn how to bulk email with C# and .NET using SendGrid.

Learn how to use Twilio's brand-new open-source tool, the Twilio Dev Phone, to test your SMS and phone call applications!

Learn how to provide default options into your .NET configuration to reduce redundancy

Learn how to forward Google Form data via Email and SMS using Zapier, SendGrid, and Twilio

Learn how to configure your .NET applications better for sending SendGrid emails

Learn how to get the public full URL of your ASP.NET Core application

Learn how to generate full absolute URLs in C# and ASP.NET Core web applications.

Learn how to use multiple configuration sources, strongly-typed objects, and implement the options pattern in your .NET applications

Learn about what's new and old with the Twilio helper library for ASP.NET in version 5.73.0

You don't always need a phone number to send SMS! Learn how to send text messages using Alphanumeric Sender IDs.