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Building Smarter Software: GenAI Tools and Practices Specialization
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Building Smarter Software: GenAI Tools and Practices Specialization

Transform Development with GenAI Integration. Learn to integrate AI tools across software development roles for enhanced productivity.

Starweaver
Karlis Zars
Christopher Klaus

Instructors: Starweaver

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Intermediate level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Earn a Certificate
With paid plans

What you'll learn

  • Integrate GenAI tools into development workflows across front-end, back-end, mobile, and DevOps roles

  • Apply software development fundamentals including version control, debugging, and testing management

  • Implement responsible AI practices while maintaining code quality and human oversight in development processes

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July 2025

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Specialization - 9 course series

What you'll learn

  • Identify the capabilities of GenAI for enhancing back-end development functions.

  • Explore real-world applications of GenAI in back-end development scenarios.

  • Deploy strategies and tactics to responsibly integrate GenAI into web development practices, while maintaining human oversight and accountability.

Skills you'll gain

Generative AI, Back-End Web Development, API Design, Application Programming Interface (API), Prompt Engineering, Data Validation, Databases, Artificial Intelligence, Responsible AI, Code Review, Database Management, Performance Tuning, OpenAI, and Risk Management

What you'll learn

  • Identify the capabilities of GenAI for basic role-specific front-end development functions.

  • Examine real-world applications to leverage GenAI for streamlining work and fostering innovation in front-end development functions.

  • Deploy strategies & tactics to responsibly integrate GenAI into front-end development practices while maintaining human oversight and accountability.

Skills you'll gain

Generative AI, Test Automation, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, HTML and CSS, Software Documentation, Code Review, Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Responsible AI, and Front-End Web Development

What you'll learn

  • Review the limitations of GenAI for Mobile App development.

  • Evaluate the results of GenAI for a real-world application in mobile app development functions.

  • Compare and contrast the risks, challenges, and ethical considerations of GenAI in the workplace for Mobile App development functions. 

Skills you'll gain

Generative AI, Responsible AI, User Interface (UI), Test Automation, Automation, Software Development Tools, Analysis, Human Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Software Testing, Performance Tuning, and Mobile Development

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Prompt Engineering, Application Programming Interface (API), Authentications, Key Management, Debugging, Performance Tuning, Large Language Modeling, ChatGPT, and OpenAI

What you'll learn

  • Identify the capabilities of GenAI for basic role-specific DevOps functions.

  • Evaluate the results of GenAI for a real-world application in DevOps functions.

  • Compare and contrast the risks, challenges, and ethical considerations of GenAI in the workplace for DevOps functions in general.

Skills you'll gain

Generative AI, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Innovation, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Responsible AI, Automation, DevSecOps, Productivity, Software Documentation, Prompt Engineering, Jenkins, and Terraform

What you'll learn

  • Identify the capabilities of Gemini for Google Cloud (Duet AI) for application development functions.

  • Examine real-world applications to leverage GenAI for streamlining work and fostering innovation in application development.

  • Deploy strategies & tactics to responsibly integrate GenAI into application development practices while maintaining human oversight & accountability.

Skills you'll gain

Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Google Cloud Platform, Software Development Tools, Google Gemini, Responsible AI, Debugging, Code Review, Continuous Deployment, Application Deployment, and Application Development

What you'll learn

  • Identify the fundamentals of version control in software development.

  • Identify common bugs and apply effective debugging strategies.

  • Evaluate the principles of object-oriented programming and its implementation in code.

  • Recognize basic design patterns in object-oriented programming for more efficient software design.

Skills you'll gain

Git (Version Control System), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Version Control, Debugging, Software Design Patterns, Programming Principles, Object Oriented Design, Software Design, Command-Line Interface, Software Engineering, Software Development, Integrated Development Environments, and Computer Programming

What you'll learn

  • Define key concepts, benefits, and frameworks of test management in software testing.

  • Develop comprehensive test plans that align with project requirements.

  • Execute testing activities effectively while utilizing relevant tools and techniques.

Skills you'll gain

Test Planning, Risk Management Framework, Technical Communication, Quality Assurance, Test Case, Test Tools, Agile Methodology, Software Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Software Quality Assurance

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

GitLab, Code Review, AI Product Strategy, Continuous Integration, Software Development Tools, Integrated Development Environments, Debugging, Development Environment, Computer Programming Tools, and Secure Coding

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Instructors

Starweaver
Coursera Instructor Network
448 Courses831,185 learners
Karlis Zars
28 Courses47,282 learners
Christopher Klaus
Coursera Instructor Network
16 Courses9,511 learners

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