Revolutionize your software development with generative AI. Learn to harness AI pair programming, prompt engineering, and DevOps best practices for unparalleled productivity and innovation.
Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see EdX's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.
In this cutting-edge course, you'll discover how to:
- Leverage the power of generative AI to rapidly prototype and iterate on ideas
- Apply prompt engineering techniques to guide AI models towards desired outputs
- Utilize AI pair programming tools to boost developer productivity and creativity
- Integrate generative AI seamlessly into your DevOps workflow for maximum impact
Whether you're a seasoned software engineer or just starting your coding journey, this course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI-powered software development. Get ready to transform the way you build software and stay ahead of the curve in this exciting new era of AI-driven innovation.
This course is part of the Generative AI Fundamentals Professional Certificate.
What you'll learn
- Defining generative AI and its software development applications
- Applying prompt engineering to guide AI model outputs
- Understanding few-shot learning for teaching AI models new tasks
- Utilizing AI pair programming tools for enhanced productivity
- Integrating generative AI with DevOps best practices
Syllabus
• Module 1: About the Course (Module)
◦ Meet your instructors (Lesson)
‣ Course Introduction (Video, 1m 23s)
‣ Instructor Background: Noah Gift (Reading, 1m)
‣ Connect with your instructors (Reading, 1m)
‣ Course structure and etiquette (Reading, 1m)
‣ Meet and Greet (optional) (Discussion Prompt, 1m)
◦ An Economic Framework for Understanding Artificial Intelligence (Lesson)
‣ Key Terms (Reading, 10m)
‣ White House Framework 2024 for Understanding AI (Reading, 10m)
‣ Quiz-Understanding AI (Assignment, 10m)
‣ Lesson Reflection (Reading, 10m)
• Module 2: Introduction to Agile Concepts (Module)
◦ Historical Origins of Agile-Waterfall Planning (Lesson)
‣ Key Terms (Reading, 10m)
‣ Building a Playground vs Growing a Plant (Video, 1m 58s)
‣ Waterfall Planning (Video, 2m 25s)
‣ Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant (Reading, 10m)
‣ Origins of Waterfall-Managing the Development of Large Software Systems (Reading, 10m)
‣ The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (Reading, 10m)
‣ Design and Acquisition of Software for Defense Systems (Reading, 10m)
‣ Lesson Reflection (Reading, 10m)
◦ Historical Origins of Agile-Toyota Way (Lesson)
‣ Key Terms (Reading, 10m)
‣ Five Whys (5 Whys) (なぜなぜ分析 - Naze Naze Bunseki) (Video, 4m 7s)
‣ The 14 principles of the Toyota way: An executive summary of the culture behind TPS (Reading, 10m)
‣ Muda: Seven Types of Waste (Muda) (Reading, 10m)
‣ Kaizen- Continuous Improvement (Reading, 10m)
‣ Lesson Reflection (Reading, 10m)
◦ Foundational Agile Concepts (Lesson)
‣ Key Terms (Reading, 10m)
‣ Pragmatic Agile (Video, 2m 42s)
‣ Productivity Techniques (Video, 4m 32s)
‣ State of Agile Report (Reading, 10m)
‣ Atlassian Agile Project Management: Scrum and Kanban (Reading, 10m)
‣ Coursera: Scrum vs Kanban (Reading, 10m)
‣ Coursera: What is Agile? (Reading, 10m)
‣ Lesson Reflection (Reading, 10m)
‣ Quiz-Agile Concepts (Assignment, 10m)
• Module 3: Developing Effective Technical Communication (Module)
◦ Effective Technical Discussions (Lesson)
‣ Key Terms (Reading, 10m)
‣ Introduction to Technical Discussions (Video, 1m 46s)
‣ Technical Discussions with Markdown, GitHub and Jupyter/Colab (Video, 10m 50s)
‣ Creating Technical Demo Videos (Video, 1m 41s)
‣ Effective Critical Thinking (Video, 5m 10s)
‣ Effective Technical Triple Threat (Video, 2m 47s)
‣ Effective Technical Discussions (Reading, 10m)
‣ Create Markdown in Jupyter (Ungraded Lab, 1h)
‣ Reproducible Technical Discussion (Discussion Prompt, 10m)
‣ Lesson Reflection (Reading, 10m)
◦ Effective Technical Teamwork (Lesson)
‣ Key Terms (Reading, 10m)
‣ Introduction to Effective Technical Teamwork (Video, 37s)
‣ Effective Technical Teamwork (Video, 6m 3s)
‣ Team Performance Analysis (Discussion Prompt, 10m)
‣ Lesson Reflection (Reading, 10m)
◦ Effective Technical Project Management (Lesson)
‣ Key Terms (Reading, 10m)
‣ Introduction to Technical Project Management (Video, 2m 3s)
‣ Effective Technical Project Management (Video, 5m 29s)
‣ Ticket Tracking with Trello (Video, 4m 31s)
‣ Project Planning with Spreadsheets (Video, 5m 1s)
‣ Project Management Anti-Patterns (Video, 5m)
‣ Effective Technical Project Management (Reading, 10m)
‣ Agile vs. Waterfall Planning (Discussion Prompt, 10m)
‣ Unit Testing (Ungraded Lab, 1h)
‣ Lesson Reflection (Reading, 10m)
◦ Applied Practice: Developing a Project Plan (Lesson)
‣ Project Plan for Course 1 Project (Reading, 10m)
‣ Course 1 Project Plan (Discussion Prompt, 1h)
◦ Graded Quiz (Lesson)
‣ Graded Quiz - Technical Communication (Assignment, 3h)
• Module 4: Developing Effective AI Automation (Module)
◦ Untitled Lesson (Lesson)
‣ Key Terms (Reading, 10m)
‣ AIOps (Video, 1m 53s)
‣ Generative AI Use Cases (Reading, 10m)
‣ Forms of Waste (Muda) with AI (Reading, 10m)
‣ AI Pair Programming Paradigm Shift (Video, 3m 5s)
‣ Diagram Prompt Engineering (Video, 3m 47s)
‣ Use CodeWhisperer (Amazon Q) for Rust (Video, 7m 47s)
‣ Summarize Old Man and the Sea (Video, 5m 28s)
‣ Building Blocks of GenAI with Whisper.cpp (Video, 2m 51s)
‣ Lesson Reflection (Reading, 10m)
‣ Untitled (Assignment, 3h)
• Module 5: Conclusion and Next Steps (Module)
◦ Untitled Lesson (Lesson)
‣ Cargo Cult Science (Reading, 10m)
‣ Cargo Cult Agile (Reading, 10m)
‣ The Perils of Cargo Cult Procedure Compliance (Reading, 10m)
‣ Real World Management (Reading, 10m)
‣ Course Reflection (Reading, 10m)
‣ Next Steps (Reading, 1m)
