As AI applications are built at record speed, many teams are accumulating significant "technical debt," leading to brittle, unpredictable, and expensive systems. "Refactor and Test LLM Microservices" is an intermediate course designed for software developers and ML engineers who want to build production-grade AI applications that last. This course moves beyond notebooks and scripts to instill the software engineering discipline required for robust microservices.
You will master Test-Driven Development (TDD), learning to write failing unit tests before implementing new API endpoints to ensure correctness from the start. You will also learn to act on code-review feedback by systematically refactoring complex code, breaking down monolithic functions into clean, readable, and maintainable modules. Through hands-on labs in a VS Code environment, you will refactor a legacy service and build a new, fully tested API endpoint, ensuring your work is not just functional, but also scalable and reliable.
This module introduces the discipline of Test-Driven Development (TDD) as a crucial practice for building reliable software. You will explore how a test-first approach prevents costly production failures, what the TDD cycle entails, and how to apply it to add a new, fully tested endpoint to an LLM-powered microservice.
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2个视频1篇阅读材料1个作业1个非评分实验室
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2个视频•总计14分钟
Preventing a $440 Million Mistake•7分钟
How to Build an Endpoint with TDD?•7分钟
1篇阅读材料•总计8分钟
The Red-Green-Refactor Cycle of TDD•8分钟
1个作业•总计5分钟
Knowledge Check: TDD Principles•5分钟
1个非评分实验室•总计60分钟
TDD in Action•60分钟
Code Refactoring and Quality Improvement
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This module focuses on improving the long-term health of a codebase. You will explore why refactoring is essential for managing technical debt and how to methodically improve code by acting on realistic, expert-level feedback. You will also gain hands-on experience in breaking down complex functions to improve readability and maintainability, ultimately transforming professional critique into higher-quality code.
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