In this second course in the ‘Coding with AI for MBAs’ specialization, we’ll continue with a contemporary, AI-forward, product-first approach to coding. As an MBA or generalist, this course will help you go from design to code for ‘Controllers’, or ‘algorithms’. Understanding the process of building and maintaining algorithms with AI will both help you build great products yourself as well as make yourself a better collaborator to your engineering-focused colleagues. We’ll be coding in Javascript (JS), but mostly we’ll be focused on the underlying design and engineering principles for building user interfaces. This course was developed at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and is taught by top-ranked faculty.
Coding Algorithms with AI
Coding Algorithms with AI
This course is part of Coding with AI for MBAs Specialization
Instructors: Alex Cowan
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9 hours to complete
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How to take application designs and translate them into digital prototypes using HTML, CSS, and Javascript
Analytically debug Javascript with the Chrome debugger
Explain what digital literacy means for today’s interdisciplinary collaborators
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This week, you’ll learn how to write algorithms (Controllers) that interact with the View. These are sometimes called ‘front controllers’ and they’re the gateway for connecting what you’ve learned about Views with what you’re about to learn about Controllers. As always, we’ll start by making sure we have a specific end in mind, figuring out our approach, and then iteratively coding, testing, and debugging.
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This is going to be fun. Really. To code is to debug. Ultimately, the thing that makes debugging stressful is when we’re not able to follow a consistent, disciplined process. This week, we’re going to fix that for you, giving you practice and perspective on debugging that you’ll be able to apply to coding and more.
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Now, we’ll take a look at the core job of Controllers: automating things that computers are better at doing than humans. You’ll see how our case protagonist divests himself of the gruntwork it used to take to get demonstration data on their web application. Instead, he’ll write a Controller that dynamically creates HTML div’s (View elements) from a simple spreadsheet.
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8 videos1 reading1 assignment
Here you go! This week, you’ll extend your work from course 1 on Views to integrated Views and Controllers. This will help you more fully internalize the four steps you’ve learned and, we hope, have some fun along the way.
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