AI Seminar Summer Semester 2025 at Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany

To provide guidance to students who may be new to development, here is a sequence of topics the students should learn to develop a working project.

1. Learn SCRUM for Project Management

   • Trello Guide

2. Learn Python

   • Python Tutorial
   • Make sure you do all Python development in a virtual environment: Python venv

3. Learn Git
   You will use Git to maintain your code, so the first step is to learn this tool.

   • Git Tutorial
   • GitHub Guides
   • Git for Computer Scientists (more advanced)

4. Learn LangChain and RAG (this is the most essential aspect of this course)

   • LangChain
   • RAG
   • PDF-Document-QA

5. Understand the Concept of Full-Stack Development

   • Full-Stack Development Basics

6. Learn about REST APIs

   • REST API Examples

7. Learn the Flask Framework (or Node.js) (OPTIONAL, see 10)
   Flask is a Python-based framework for handling backend APIs. It's easier if you already know Python. If you're more comfortable with JavaScript, Node.js is a good alternative.

   • Flask Documentation
   • Node.js Tutorial

8. Learn a Web Frontend Framework (OPTIONAL, see 10)

   • HTML Tutorial
   • CSS Tutorial
   • JavaScript Tutorial
   • React Tutorial
   • Bootstrap Tutorial

9. Learn a Database

• Choosing the Right Database
• Decide between SQL and NoSQL. You may also need a Graph database.

11. Alternative to 7 and 8: Learn Streamlit
    Streamlit combines frontend and backend into a single Python framework, but it offers less flexibility. I recommend this framework for this course to save time.

• Streamlit Documentation

11. Learn Deployment and Packaging with Docker and Docker Compose

• Docker Getting Started

My last tip is, use ChatGPT to understand topics in more depth. I have found it to be very effective in these topics, and can also produce for you code and templates which you can use directly in your projects.