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Prefer to Clone Locally?
This repository includes 50+ language translations which significantly increases the download size. To clone without translations, use sparse checkout:
Bash / macOS / Linux:
git clone --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners.git cd generative-ai-for-beginners git sparse-checkout set --no-cone '/*' '!translations' '!translated_images'CMD (Windows):
git clone --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners.git cd generative-ai-for-beginners git sparse-checkout set --no-cone "/*" "!translations" "!translated_images"This gives you everything you need to complete the course with a much faster download.
Learn the fundamentals of building Generative AI applications with our 21-lesson comprehensive course by Microsoft Cloud Advocates.
This course has 21 lessons. 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.
For .NET Developers checkout Generative AI for Beginners (.NET Edition)!
Each lesson also includes a "Keep Learning" section with additional learning tools.
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Azure OpenAI Service - Lessons: "aoai-assignment"
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GitHub Marketplace Model Catalog - Lessons: "githubmodels"
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OpenAI API - Lessons: "oai-assignment"
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Basic knowledge of Python or TypeScript is helpful - *For absolute beginners check out these Python and TypeScript courses
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A GitHub account to fork this entire repo to your own GitHub account
We have created a Course Setup lesson to help you with setting up your development environment.
Don't forget to star (🌟) this repo to find it easier later.
If you are looking for more advanced code samples, check out our collection of Generative AI Code Samples in both Python and TypeScript.
Join our official Azure AI Foundry Discord server to meet and network with other learners taking this course and get support.
Ask questions or share product feedback in our Azure AI Foundry Developer Forum on Github.
Visit Microsoft for Startups to find out how to get started building with Azure credits today.
Do you have suggestions or found spelling or code errors? Raise an issue or Create a pull request
- 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
Special thanks to John Aziz for creating all of the GitHub Actions and workflows
Bernhard Merkle for making key contributions to each lesson to improve the learner and code experience.
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