Divan Academy hosted a technical and hands-on coding workshop titled "Mastering MCP: A Technical Deep Dive."
This session was aimed at developers and technical enthusiasts who want to integrate advanced AI capabilities into their applications. The presenter, Mehran Davoudi, focused on live coding, building a program from scratch, and debugging the process in real-time.
Key concepts demonstrated in the workshop include:
Live AI Integration: Building a simple C# chat application (e.g., for a service bot) and integrating it with the GPT-4 model using the Azure OpenAI service.
Practical Development: A step-by-step process of setting up the development environment, adding necessary packages, and configuring the Azure OpenAI client.
Deployment Strategy: A discussion on why commercial products typically rely on managed, pre-deployed AI models (like those on Azure) instead of local deployment, highlighting cost-efficiency, maintenance, and security benefits.
This workshop provides an excellent practical guide to the actual development and deployment of AI-powered features in modern software.
Watch the full presentation here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EKVuNlqg4o