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Building Applications with OpenAI

Learn how to build AI-powered apps using OpenAI. This course covers integration, prompt design, deployment, and optimization to help you create smarter, more competitive software.

Intermediate
1h 4m
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Created by Steve Buchanan

Last Updated Dec 04, 2025

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Building Applications with OpenAI

Learn how to build AI-powered apps using OpenAI. This course covers integration, prompt design, deployment, and optimization to help you create smarter, more competitive software.

Intermediate
1h 4m
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Created by Steve Buchanan

Last Updated Dec 04, 2025

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Generative AI is changing how software is developed, and developers are now expected to integrate AI features into modern applications. In this course, Building Applications with OpenAI, you’ll gain the skills to build, deploy, and maintain AI-powered web applications. First, you’ll explore how to configure the OpenAI API, manage authentication, and craft effective prompts. Next, you’ll build a full-stack expense tracking app that uses OpenAI to analyze and categorize expenses. Finally, you’ll learn how to deploy your app using platforms like Render or Google Cloud, monitor performance, and handle challenges such as token limits, error handling, and prompt optimization. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the knowledge and tools to confidently integrate OpenAI into your own applications and bring AI capabilities to your development projects.

Building Applications with OpenAI
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Steve Buchanan - Pluralsight course - Building Applications with OpenAI
Steve Buchanan
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Steve Buchanan is a Director with a large consulting firm serving as the Azure Platform Offering Lead, & Containers Services Lead. He is a 10-time Microsoft MVP, Pluralsight author, and the author of eight technical books. He has presented at tech events, including, DevOps Days, Open Source North, Midwest Management Summit (MMS), Microsoft Ignite, BITCon, Experts Live Europe, OSCON, Inside Azure management, and user groups. He stays active in the technical community and enjoys blogging about his adventures in the world of IT at www.buchatech.com

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