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Each lesson covers its own topic so start wherever you like! Lessons are labeled either "Learn" lessons explaining a Generative AI concept or "Build" lessons that explain a concept and code examples in both **Python** and **TypeScript** when possible. Each lesson also includes a "Keep Learning" section with additional learning tools. ## What You Need ### To run this code of this course, you can use either: - [Azure OpenAI Service](https://azure.microsoft.com/products/ai-services/openai-service?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) - **Lessons:** "aoai-assignment" - [GitHub Marketplace Model Catalog](https://github.com/marketplace/models?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) - **Lessons:** "githubmodels" - [OpenAI API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/quickstart?context=python?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) - **Lessons:** "oai-assignment" - Basic knowledge of Python or TypeScript is helpful - \*For absolute beginners check out these [Python](https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/python-language/?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) and [TypeScript](https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/build-javascript-applications-typescript/?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) courses. - A GitHub account to [fork this entire repo](https://github.com/microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners/fork?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) to your own GitHub account We have created a **[Course Setup](./00-course-setup/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst)** lesson to help you with setting up your development environment. Don't forget to [star (🌟) this repo](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/saving-repositories-with-stars?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) to find it easier later. ## 🧠 Ready to Deploy? If you are looking for more advanced code samples, check out our [collection of Generative AI Code Samples](https://aka.ms/genai-beg-code?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) in both **Python** and **TypeScript**. ## 🗣️ Meet Other Learners, Get Support Join our [official AI Discord server](https://aka.ms/genai-discord?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) to meet and network with other learners taking this course and get support. ## 🚀 Building a Startup? Sign up for [Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub](https://aka.ms/genai-foundershub?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) to receive **free OpenAI credits** and up to **$150k towards Azure credits to access OpenAI models through Azure OpenAI Services**. ## 🙏 Want to help? Do you have suggestions or found spelling or code errors? [Raise an issue](https://github.com/microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners/issues?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) or [Create a pull request](https://github.com/microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners/pulls?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) ## 📂 Each lesson includes: - A short video introduction to the topic - A written lesson located in the README - Python and TypeScript code samples supporting Azure OpenAI and OpenAI API - Links to extra resources to continue your learning ## 🗃️ Lessons | # | **Lesson Link** | **Description** | **Video** | **Extra Learning** | | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | 00 | [Course Setup](./00-course-setup/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** How to Setup Your Development Environment | Coming Soon | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 01 | [Introduction to Generative AI and LLMs](./01-introduction-to-genai/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** Understanding what Generative AI is and how Large Language Models (LLMs) work. | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson-1-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 02 | [Exploring and comparing different LLMs](./02-exploring-and-comparing-different-llms/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** How to select the right model for your use case | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson2-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 03 | [Using Generative AI Responsibly](./03-using-generative-ai-responsibly/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** How to build Generative AI Applications responsibly | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson3-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 04 | [Understanding Prompt Engineering Fundamentals](./04-prompt-engineering-fundamentals/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** Hands-on Prompt Engineering Best Practices | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson4-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 05 | [Creating Advanced Prompts](./05-advanced-prompts/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** How to apply prompt engineering techniques that improve the outcome of your prompts. | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson5-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 06 | [Building Text Generation Applications](./06-text-generation-apps/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Build:** A text generation app using Azure OpenAI / OpenAI API | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson6-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 07 | [Building Chat Applications](./07-building-chat-applications/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Build:** Techniques for efficiently building and integrating chat applications. | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lessons7-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 08 | [Building Search Apps Vector Databases](./08-building-search-applications/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Build:** A search application that uses Embeddings to search for data. | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson8-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 09 | [Building Image Generation Applications](./09-building-image-applications/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Build:** A image generation application | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson9-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 10 | [Building Low Code AI Applications](./10-building-low-code-ai-applications/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Build:** A Generative AI application using Low Code tools | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson10-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 11 | [Integrating External Applications with Function Calling](./11-integrating-with-function-calling/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Build:** What is function calling and its use cases for applications | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson11-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 12 | [Designing UX for AI Applications](./12-designing-ux-for-ai-applications/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** How to apply UX design principles when developing Generative AI Applications | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson12-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 13 | [Securing Your Generative AI Applications](./13-securing-ai-applications/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** The threats and risks to AI systems and methods to secure these systems. | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson13-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 14 | [The Generative AI Application Lifecycle](./14-the-generative-ai-application-lifecycle/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** The tools and metrics to manage the LLM Lifecycle and LLMOps | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson14-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 15 | [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Vector Databases](./15-rag-and-vector-databases/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Build:** An application using a RAG Framework to retrieve embeddings from a Vector Databases | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson15-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 16 | [Open Source Models and Hugging Face](./16-open-source-models/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Build:** An application using open source models available on Hugging Face | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson16-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 17 | [AI Agents](./17-ai-agents/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Build:** An application using an AI Agent Framework | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson17-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 18 | [Fine-Tuning LLMs](./18-fine-tuning/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** The what, why and how of fine-tuning LLMs | [Video](https://aka.ms/gen-ai-lesson18-gh?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 19 | [Building with SLMs](./19-slm/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** The benefits of building with Small Language Models | Video Coming Soon | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 20 | [Building with Mistral Models](./20-mistral/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** The features and differences of the Mistral Family Models | Video Coming Soon | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | | 21 | [Building with Meta Models](./21-meta/README.md?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | **Learn:** The features and differences of the Meta Family Models | Video Coming Soon | [Learn More](https://aka.ms/genai-collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) | ### 🌟 Special thanks Special thanks to [**John Aziz**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/john0isaac/) for creating all of the GitHub Actions and workflows [**Bernhard Merkle**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernhard-merkle-738b73/) for making key contributions to each lesson to improve the learner and code experience. ## 🎒 Other Courses Our team produces other courses! Check out: - [ML for Beginners](https://aka.ms/ml-beginners?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) - [Data Science for Beginners](https://aka.ms/datascience-beginners?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) - [AI for Beginners](https://aka.ms/ai-beginners?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) - [**NEW** Cybersecurity for Beginners](https://github.com/microsoft/Security-101??WT.mc_id=academic-96948-sayoung) - [Web Dev for Beginners](https://aka.ms/webdev-beginners?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) - [IoT for Beginners](https://aka.ms/iot-beginners?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) - [XR Development for Beginners](https://github.com/microsoft/xr-development-for-beginners?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) - [Mastering GitHub Copilot for AI Paired Programming](https://aka.ms/GitHubCopilotAI?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) ", Assign "at most 3 tags" to the expected json: {"id":"4478","tags":[]} "only from the tags list I provide: [{"id":77,"name":"3d"},{"id":89,"name":"agent"},{"id":17,"name":"ai"},{"id":54,"name":"algorithm"},{"id":24,"name":"api"},{"id":44,"name":"authentication"},{"id":3,"name":"aws"},{"id":27,"name":"backend"},{"id":60,"name":"benchmark"},{"id":72,"name":"best-practices"},{"id":39,"name":"bitcoin"},{"id":37,"name":"blockchain"},{"id":1,"name":"blog"},{"id":45,"name":"bundler"},{"id":58,"name":"cache"},{"id":21,"name":"chat"},{"id":49,"name":"cicd"},{"id":4,"name":"cli"},{"id":64,"name":"cloud-native"},{"id":48,"name":"cms"},{"id":61,"name":"compiler"},{"id":68,"name":"containerization"},{"id":92,"name":"crm"},{"id":34,"name":"data"},{"id":47,"name":"database"},{"id":8,"name":"declarative-gui "},{"id":9,"name":"deploy-tool"},{"id":53,"name":"desktop-app"},{"id":6,"name":"dev-exp-lib"},{"id":59,"name":"dev-tool"},{"id":13,"name":"ecommerce"},{"id":26,"name":"editor"},{"id":66,"name":"emulator"},{"id":62,"name":"filesystem"},{"id":80,"name":"finance"},{"id":15,"name":"firmware"},{"id":73,"name":"for-fun"},{"id":2,"name":"framework"},{"id":11,"name":"frontend"},{"id":22,"name":"game"},{"id":81,"name":"game-engine "},{"id":23,"name":"graphql"},{"id":84,"name":"gui"},{"id":91,"name":"http"},{"id":5,"name":"http-client"},{"id":51,"name":"iac"},{"id":30,"name":"ide"},{"id":78,"name":"iot"},{"id":40,"name":"json"},{"id":83,"name":"julian"},{"id":38,"name":"k8s"},{"id":31,"name":"language"},{"id":10,"name":"learning-resource"},{"id":33,"name":"lib"},{"id":41,"name":"linter"},{"id":28,"name":"lms"},{"id":16,"name":"logging"},{"id":76,"name":"low-code"},{"id":90,"name":"message-queue"},{"id":42,"name":"mobile-app"},{"id":18,"name":"monitoring"},{"id":36,"name":"networking"},{"id":7,"name":"node-version"},{"id":55,"name":"nosql"},{"id":57,"name":"observability"},{"id":46,"name":"orm"},{"id":52,"name":"os"},{"id":14,"name":"parser"},{"id":74,"name":"react"},{"id":82,"name":"real-time"},{"id":56,"name":"robot"},{"id":65,"name":"runtime"},{"id":32,"name":"sdk"},{"id":71,"name":"search"},{"id":63,"name":"secrets"},{"id":25,"name":"security"},{"id":85,"name":"server"},{"id":86,"name":"serverless"},{"id":70,"name":"storage"},{"id":75,"name":"system-design"},{"id":79,"name":"terminal"},{"id":29,"name":"testing"},{"id":12,"name":"ui"},{"id":50,"name":"ux"},{"id":88,"name":"video"},{"id":20,"name":"web-app"},{"id":35,"name":"web-server"},{"id":43,"name":"webassembly"},{"id":69,"name":"workflow"},{"id":87,"name":"yaml"}]" returns me the "expected json"