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AI Application Building

Building Applications with the Gemini API

Learn how to build practical AI-powered applications using PHP, JavaScript, JSON and the Gemini API.

10 Lessons
8 Estimated Hours
1.0 Course Version
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COURSE CURRICULUM

Learn by Building

Each section introduces a practical concept and shows how it becomes part of a working application.

01
SECTION 1

Getting Started

Understand the Gemini API and prepare your development environment.

4 Lessons
01
📖 Lesson 🕒 10 minutes

What Is an API?

Learn how an application communicates with an external AI service.

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02
📖 Lesson 🕒 15 minutes

Google AI Studio

Explore the workspace used to test Gemini models and prompts.

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03
📖 Lesson 🕒 15 minutes

Creating an API Key

Create and safely manage a Gemini API key.

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04
⚡ Interactive 🕒 25 minutes

Your First Gemini Request

Send a request to Gemini and display the response.

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02
SECTION 2

Controlling Gemini

Learn how instructions and settings affect Gemini's output.

2 Lessons
05
⚡ Interactive 🕒 20 minutes

System Instructions

Give an application a consistent role and behavior.

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06
⚡ Interactive 🕒 30 minutes

Structured JSON Responses

Make Gemini return data that an application can reliably use.

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03
SECTION 3

Working With Files

Use Gemini to understand images, documents, audio and video.

2 Lessons
07
⚡ Interactive 🕒 30 minutes

Image Analysis

Upload an image and ask Gemini to analyze its contents.

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08
⚡ Interactive 🕒 35 minutes

PDF and Document Analysis

Build an application that extracts useful information from documents.

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04
SECTION 4

Final Project

Combine the course concepts into a complete application.

2 Lessons
09
⚡ Interactive 🕒 20 minutes

Planning Your Application

Define the input, processing and output of an AI application.

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10
⚡ Interactive 🕒 90 minutes

Build a Business Communication Tool

Build a complete PHP application powered by Gemini.

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