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AI Agents Are the Next Leap in Software. Learn to Build Them in Java. AI agents aren’t passive tools. They think, act, and solve problems—without waiting for instructions. That’s the future of software. And in this course, you’ll learn how to build it. Frameworks come and go. Principles last. This course cuts through the noise to teach you how AI agents really work—using rock-solid Java. Forget tutorials on trendy APIs that’ll be dead by next quarter. You’ll learn to build AI agents from the ground up. No fluff. No shortcuts. Just the core architecture that powers intelligent systems—knowledge that stays useful no matter how fast the landscape shifts. In this course, you will: - Master Java-based agent architectural fundamentals - Understand the core GAME components (Goals, Actions, Memory, Environment) that make AI agents tick and how they work together in a cohesive Java system - Leverage Java's strengths for efficient agent development - Use Java's reflection, annotation processing, and strong typing to create robust, maintainable agent frameworks with minimal boilerplate code - Rapidly prototype and implement Java agents - Learn techniques to quickly design Java agent capabilities with prompt engineering before writing a single line of code, then efficiently translate your designs into working Java implementations - Connect Java AI agents to real-world systems - Build Java agents that can interact with file systems, APIs, and other external services - Create Java-powered tool-using AI assistants - Develop Java agents that can analyze files, manage data, and automate complex workflows by combining LLM reasoning with Java's extensive libraries and functionality - Build Java developer productivity agents - Create specialized Java agents that help you write code, generate tests, and produce documentation to accelerate your software development process Why Principles Matter More Than Frameworks The AI landscape is changing weekly, but the core principles of agent design remain constant. By understanding how to build agents from scratch, you'll gain: - Transferable knowledge that works across any LLM or AI technology - Deep debugging skills because you'll understand what's happening at every level - Framework independence that frees you from dependency on third-party libraries and allows you to succeed with any of them - Future-proof expertise that will still be relevant when today's popular tools are long forgotten By the end of this course, you won't just know how to use AI agents—you'll know how to build them in Java, customize them, and deploy them to solve real business problems. This course will teach you these concepts using OpenAI's APIs, which require paid access, but the principles and techniques can be adapted to other LLMs....

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By Werner v R

Sep 24, 2025

We're all surrounded by AI. We interact with it daily in AI chat clients like ChatGPT and Gemini, and for many of us, it's deeply embedded in our workflow with code assistants like Cursor and Junie. For a while, I was comfortable with the high-level understanding: there's an LLM, we supply it with context, and magic happens. But we've all seen the headlines about data leaks stemming from sensitive information being passed in prompts. So we know there are boundaries, but the engineer in me had a nagging curiosity: - Where, exactly, are those boundaries? - How does it all actually fit together? - What's the real architectural difference between a simple chatbot and an agent that can meaningfully write code? The "it just works" explanation was no longer enough. This course was exactly the deep-dive I was looking for. It gave me so much clarity, developing my vocabulary and painting a clear picture of the architectures around LLMs. Crucially, it also lays out key design patterns that help conceptualize how agent code can be structured for maintainability and scale. It walks you through the fundamental, boilerplate-level code, which is the best way to understand the mechanics behind those patterns. Of course, as I've been graciously informed by my junior peers, actual development of one's own agents will use powerful tools and libraries like LangChain or Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK) to accelerate the process. I found that understanding the "boilerplate" and design patterns first makes the power of those higher-level tools even clearer. If you want to get under the hood and build that foundational knowledge, I highly recommend this course. It connects the theory to the practical, which is where real innovation happens.

By Shivam P

Sep 5, 2025

I become the fan of Jules White after taking this course. Sir you taught me not only the knowledge but also the thought process. This was an incredible learning. Thanks

By Marco A P P

Aug 12, 2025

Excelente buen tema

By Juan G

Jun 9, 2025

Very clear. I dont rate it 5 stars because it is 100% oriented to java devs. I work in .net