Course curriculum

60-Days of Hands-On AI Engineering: Building a Production-Ready Quiz Platform from Scratch

This intensive hands-on curriculum guides students through building a production-grade AI-powered quiz platform with emphasis on backend development, business logic, and software development lifecycle practices. Each day includes concrete coding exercises that build toward a functional application, following proper SDLC methodology.

Day-by-Day Learning Plan

Week 1: Project Setup and Backend Foundations

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1. Day 1: Requirements Analysis and Project Setup

2. Day 2: System Architecture Design

3. Day 3: Database Schema Design

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4. Day 4: User Authentication Service

5. Day 5: Core Quiz Service - Data Layer

6. Day 6: Core Quiz Service - Business Logic

7. Day 7: Quiz Session Management

   Week 2: AI Integration - Backend Focus

8. Day 8: AI Service Architecture

9. Day 9: Prompt Engineering Framework

10. Day 10: Question Generation Service

11. Day 11: Content Verification Service

12. Day 12: Topic Analysis Service

13. Day 13: AI Model Abstraction Layer

14. Day 14: AI Service Testing Framework

    Week 3: Core Business Logic

15. Day 15: Question Difficulty Classification

16. Day 16: Progressive Difficulty Algorithm - Design

17. Day 17: Progressive Difficulty Algorithm - Implementation

18. Day 18: Quiz Scoring Engine

19. Day 19: Performance Analytics Engine

20. Day 20: Topic Relationship MappingDay 21: Learning Path Generator

    Week 4: Advanced Backend Features

21. Day 22: Caching Strategy Implementation

    • Theory: Caching patterns and invalidation strategies

    • Coding Exercise: Design and implement caching layer for quiz content

    • Technical Task: Add Redis caching to high-traffic endpoints with proper TTL

22. Day 23: Rate Limiting and Request Throttling

    • Theory: API protection and resource management

    • Coding Exercise: Implement rate limiting middleware

    • Technical Task: Add tiered rate limits for different API endpoints

23. Day 24: Logging and Monitoring Service

    • Theory: Application observability and log management

    • Coding Exercise: Implement structured logging system

    • Technical Task: Add comprehensive logging to all services with context

24. Day 25: Error Handling Framework

    • Theory: Robust error handling patterns and error normalization

    • Coding Exercise: Design and implement error handling framework

    • Technical Task: Add global error handler with proper response formatting

25. Day 26: Background Job Processing

    • Theory: Asynchronous job processing and scheduling

    • Coding Exercise: Implement job queue for long-running tasks

    • Technical Task: Create worker service for processing content generation jobs

26. Day 27: Notification Service

    • Theory: Event-driven architecture and notification patterns

    • Coding Exercise: Design and implement notification service

    • Technical Task: Create endpoints for managing notification preferences and delivery

27. Day 28: Data Export Service

    • Theory: Data serialization and export formats

    • Coding Exercise: Implement configurable data export service

    • Technical Task: Create endpoints for exporting quiz results in multiple formats

    Week 5: API Integration and Testing

28. Day 29: API Documentation

    • Theory: API documentation standards and tools

    • Coding Exercise: Implement OpenAPI specification for all endpoints

    • Technical Task: Generate interactive API documentation with Swagger

29. Day 30: API Versioning Strategy

    • Theory: API versioning approaches and backward compatibility

    • Coding Exercise: Implement API versioning system

    • Technical Task: Refactor endpoints to support multiple versions

30. Day 31: Unit Testing - Services

    • Theory: Unit testing principles and mocking

    • Coding Exercise: Write comprehensive unit tests for business logic

    • Technical Task: Achieve 80% test coverage for core services

31. Day 32: Integration Testing - API

    • Theory: Integration testing strategies

    • Coding Exercise: Create integration test suite for API endpoints

    • Technical Task: Implement automated test pipeline for API validation

32. Day 33: Load Testing and Performance

    • Theory: Load testing methodologies and tools

    • Coding Exercise: Design and implement load testing scripts

    • Technical Task: Conduct load tests and optimize bottlenecks

33. Day 34: Security Testing

    • Theory: API security testing and vulnerability assessment

    • Coding Exercise: Implement security tests for authentication and authorization

    • Technical Task: Conduct security audit and fix identified issues

34. Day 35: End-to-End Testing

    • Theory: E2E testing approaches for backend systems

    • Coding Exercise: Create end-to-end test scenarios

    • Technical Task: Implement automated E2E tests for critical flows

    Week 6: DevOps and Infrastructure

35. Day 36: Environment Configuration

    • Theory: Environment management and configuration

    • Coding Exercise: Implement environment-based configuration system

    • Technical Task: Create development, testing, and production configurations

36. Day 37: Containerization with Docker

    • Theory: Container principles and implementation

    • Coding Exercise: Create Dockerfiles for all services

    • Technical Task: Build and test Docker images for application components

37. Day 38: Docker Compose Setup

    • Theory: Multi-container applications with Docker Compose

    • Coding Exercise: Create Docker Compose configuration

    • Technical Task: Run complete application stack with Docker Compose

38. Day 39: CI Pipeline with GitHub Actions

    • Theory: Continuous Integration principles and implementation

    • Coding Exercise: Create CI workflow configuration

    • Technical Task: Set up automated build and test pipeline

39. Day 40: CD Pipeline for Backend Services

    • Theory: Continuous Deployment strategies

    • Coding Exercise: Create CD workflow configuration

    • Technical Task: Implement automated deployment for backend services

40. Day 41: Database Backup and Recovery

    • Theory: Data backup strategies and disaster recovery

    • Coding Exercise: Implement database backup scripts

    • Technical Task: Create automated backup and recovery system

41. Day 42: Monitoring and Alerting

    • Theory: Application monitoring and alerting systems

    • Coding Exercise: Set up monitoring for backend services

    • Technical Task: Implement alerting for critical service metrics

    Week 7: Minimal Frontend and Integration

42. Day 43: API Integration Layer

    • Theory: Frontend-backend integration patterns

    • Coding Exercise: Create API client library with proper error handling

    • Technical Task: Implement API integration layer for frontend

43. Day 44: User Authentication Flow

    • Theory: Authentication flow in frontend applications

    • Coding Exercise: Implement authentication components

    • Technical Task: Create login and registration pages with validation

44. Day 45: Quiz Management Interface

    • Theory: CRUD operations in frontend applications

    • Coding Exercise: Implement quiz management components

    • Technical Task: Create quiz creation and management pages

45. Day 46: Quiz Taking Interface

    • Theory: Interactive quiz interfaces and state management

    • Coding Exercise: Implement quiz session components

    • Technical Task: Create question presentation and submission flow

46. Day 47: Results and Analytics Interface

    • Theory: Data visualization for educational applications

    • Coding Exercise: Implement analytics dashboard components

    • Technical Task: Create performance visualization pages

47. Day 48: Error Handling and Loading States

    • Theory: User experience for asynchronous operations

    • Coding Exercise: Implement error boundary and loading components

    • Technical Task: Add error handling and loading states to all pages

48. Day 49: End-to-End Integration

    • Theory: Full stack integration strategies

    • Coding Exercise: Complete frontend-backend integration

    • Technical Task: Test and fix integration issues

    Week 8: Performance Optimization and Advanced Features

49. Day 50: Database Query Optimization

    • Theory: Database performance tuning techniques

    • Coding Exercise: Analyze and optimize database queries

    • Technical Task: Implement database indexing and query refactoring

50. Day 51: API Response Optimization

    • Theory: API performance optimization strategies

    • Coding Exercise: Implement response compression and optimization

    • Technical Task: Measure and improve API response times

51. Day 52: Memory Management Optimization

    • Theory: Server memory optimization techniques

    • Coding Exercise: Analyze and fix memory usage issues

    • Technical Task: Implement memory profiling and optimization

52. Day 53: Connection Pooling and Resource Management

    • Theory: Connection management and resource utilization

    • Coding Exercise: Implement connection pooling for database and external services

    • Technical Task: Configure and optimize resource limits

53. Day 54: Multi-Model Quiz Generation

    • Theory: Hybrid AI model approach for content generation

    • Coding Exercise: Implement multi-model generation strategy

    • Technical Task: Create service that uses different models for different question types

54. Day 55: Content Curation Workflow

    • Theory: Human-in-the-loop systems for content quality

    • Coding Exercise: Implement content curation workflow

    • Technical Task: Create admin interface for content review and approval

55. Day 56: Automated Content Refreshing

    • Theory: Content lifecycle management strategies

    • Coding Exercise: Implement automated content refresh service

    • Technical Task: Create scheduled jobs for content updates

    Week 9: Final Integration and Deployment

56. Day 57: Production Environment Setup

    • Theory: Production deployment architecture

    • Coding Exercise: Configure production environment

    • Technical Task: Set up production infrastructure with scaling

57. Day 58: Final Security Audit

    • Theory: Comprehensive security audit process

    • Coding Exercise: Conduct security testing and fixes

    • Technical Task: Implement security recommendations

58. Day 59: Documentation Finalization

    • Theory: System documentation best practices

    • Coding Exercise: Create comprehensive API and system documentation

    • Technical Task: Document deployment and maintenance procedures

59. Day 60: Final Deployment and Project Review

    • Theory: Production deployment checklist

    • Coding Exercise: Execute production deployment

    • Technical Task: Conduct post-deployment verification and testing