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Building a Personal Tutor Service With Sinatra

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Overview

Transform your tutoring AI into a scalable service using Sinatra! In this course, you’ll learn to build, test, and integrate all components into a cohesive Sinatra application. With DeepSeek powering your tutoring engine through the OpenAI SDK, you’ll deliver personalized academic support at scale.

Syllabus

  • Unit 1: Developing a Robust System Prompt for a Personal Tutor in Ruby
    • Ruby Chatbot with File-Based System Prompts
    • Testing Error Handling for System Prompt Loading
    • Updating AI Tutor Contact Information and Support Hours
    • Adding Guidelines to Chatbot System Prompt
    • Adding and Testing Chatbot Pricing Constraints
    • Adding Requirements Section to Chatbot System Prompt
  • Unit 2: Building the Session Manager in Ruby
    • Implementing Session Creation and Retrieval in a Ruby Chatbot
    • Implementing Conversation Retrieval in Ruby Chatbot Session Manager
    • Implementing Message Management in Ruby Session Manager
    • Adding Messages and Retrieving Conversations in SessionManager
  • Unit 3: Building the Tutor Service Layer in Ruby
    • Implementing Session Creation for Tutor Service
    • Implementing Student Query Processing in TutorService
    • Implementing DeepSeek AI Response Generation in Ruby Tutoring Service
    • Testing Context Retention in AI Tutoring Service
    • Creating Multiple Independent Tutoring Sessions
  • Unit 4: Streamlining Student Interaction with TutorController in Ruby
    • Implementing Student Session Management in Ruby Chatbot Application
    • Implementing the create_session Method in TutorController
    • Implementing the send_query Method in TutorController
  • Unit 5: Serving Your Personal Tutor with a RESTful API Using Sinatra
    • Creating a Simple Sinatra API with Basic Configuration
    • Implement Sinatra Session Management for Tutor Controller
    • Implementing a Session Creation Route in Sinatra
    • Implementing Send Query API Endpoint in Sinatra Tutoring Application

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