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Course Overview: AI-Driven E-Commerce Development with MERN Stack and Self-Hosted LLMs

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Course Overview

Objective:

Develop practical skills to create an AI-enhanced e-commerce platform, focusing on image-based product search, LLM-powered customer support, knowledge retrieval, intelligent recommendations, and multi-lingual functionality.

Structure:

Nine modules with hands-on projects and theoretical insights, culminating in a comprehensive final project.


Syllabus

Module 1: Environment Setup & Foundations

  • Tools & Setup
    • Install Node.js, initialize projects, essential packages
    • Set up JavaScript-based LLM tools
    • Initialize Git repository
  • Fundamentals
    • Environment isolation
    • Version control best practices

Module 2: Image-Based Product Search & Captioning

  • Image Captioning Pipeline
    • Integrate image captioning models
    • Generate and store image captions
  • Vector Database Management
    • Convert captions to embeddings
    • Store and perform similarity searches
  • End-to-End Visual Search
    • Image upload, caption generation, and search integration

Module 3: Basic Prompt Engineering & Conversational Foundations

  • Prompt Engineering
    • Design and experiment with various prompt types
  • Conversational API
    • Develop API for handling and storing conversations

Module 4: Advanced Customer Support Bot

  • E-Commerce API Integration
    • Connect to an API for order and stock management
  • Return & Refund Q&A with RAG
    • Build a knowledge base and implement retrieval-augmented generation
  • Sentiment Analysis & Escalation
    • Implement sentiment detection and escalation protocols

Module 5: Intelligent Product Recommendations

  • Similar/Alternative Products
    • Embed and retrieve similar items
  • Personalized Upselling & Cross-Selling
    • Generate personalized recommendations based on user history
  • Dynamic Bundles & Promotions
    • Create and propose dynamic product bundles

Module 6: RAG-Driven Knowledge Base (Deep Dive)

  • Comprehensive Documentation
    • Embed product docs and FAQs into a vector database
  • Human-Like Explanations
    • Combine retrieval with LLM generation for detailed responses

Module 7: Customer Feedback & Insights

  • Feedback Collection & Sentiment Analysis
    • Collect and analyze user feedback
  • Aggregating & Summarizing Feedback
    • Summarize key insights from collected feedback

Module 8: Conversational Shopping & Multi-Lingual Support

  • Chat-First Shopping Flow
    • Integrate search functionalities within a chat interface
  • Multi-Language & Localization
    • Implement language detection and localized content delivery

Module 9: Final Project Integration

  • System Integration
    • Combine all functionalities into a unified virtual assistant
  • Demonstration & Future Directions
    • Present the final project and explore potential enhancements

Course Details


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