Building an AI Tutor for Aspiring Web Developers

Business need

Web development is hard. It’s easy to get discouraged when you don’t know which skills you’ll need to get your first job. So studying needs to be fun, easy, and engaging.

Result

We created an AI chatbot for aspiring web developers. It can assess skills, suggest learning materials, and track progress. This helps us attract and nurture the new generation of software engineers.

Industry

Technology

Location

USA

Working together since

2009

MindK is a full-cycle software development company. Since 2009, we've built almost two hundred complex web and mobile projects.

Oleg Nesterov

MindK, CEO

Many young people, who wanted to become web developers, asked us what is essential to know to get a first job in a software company

We combined our experience, best external resources (articles, books, video tutorials), and the power of artificial intelligence to help people jump-start their careers.

Keeping track of the progress

After going through a quiz, the chatbot shows a student’s current rating. to being called a “Guru”.

Keeping track of the progress

After going through a quiz, the chatbot shows a student’s current rating. to being called a “Guru”.

The very first results are helpful for figuring out the starting point. Every next result shows how close the user is getting

Best educational resources at the fingertips

By specifying the email address in settings, a user can get links to useful books, articles, and video tutorials.

Best educational resources at the fingertips

By specifying the email address in settings, a user can get links to useful books, articles, and video tutorials.

The resources are grouped by theme and delivered right into the inbox. Thus anyone can get relevant information to fill the knowledge gaps.

Empowered by machine learning

WannaBe.Guru can answer user text messages which express greeting, valediction, or gratitude. It responds to FAQs and reacts to different requests like “please start a quiz", "show settings”, and so on.

Empowered by machine learning

Admin page to control and improve the bot

An admin can always control the bot through a laptop, tablet, or smartphone, Admin web page allows the admin to manage lists of students, categories, and questions, as well as add NLP intents.