Day 3 • Education

Learning Management Platform

5 min read
Buildly.io Platform Integration for Scalable Course Delivery

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As we discussed earlier in the previous articles, cloud native services using AI assistance can significantly reduce development time and costs. Today, we'll dive into creating a scalable course delivery system using Buildly.io Platform, integrating various tools and features to enhance our learning experience.

Business Use Case Introduction

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Meet Emma, a product manager at an e-learning company, tasked with launching a new online course platform. As she prepares for the launch, she realizes that traditional approaches will lead to delays in development and increased costs. With Buildly.io Platform as their solution, Emma aims to create a scalable and efficient course delivery system.

Buildly.io Platform Integration

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To integrate Buildly.io Platform into our application, we'll focus on three key areas:

1. Buildly Core

We'll use the Buildly Core (Gateway) component to manage our application's core features, such as user registration, authentication, and authorization.

bash

Clone the Buildly.io CLI repository

git clone https://github.com/buildlyio/buildly-cli.git

Change into the buildly-core directory

cd buildly-core

Initialize the project using buildly init

npm init -y

Create a new user registration endpoint

echo "app:api/v1/users" >> ./src/models/user-model.js

Create a new API gateway endpoint

echo "/api/v1/users" >> ./src/api-gateway/user-management.js

Start the Buildly Core application

./buildly.sh core start

2. Buildly Marketplace

We'll leverage the Buildly Marketplace to pre-build and deploy our application's components, reducing development time and costs.

bash

Clone the Buildly.io Marketplace repository

git clone https://github.com/buildlyio/marketplace.git

Change into the marketplace directory

cd marketplace

Install dependencies using npm

npm install

Create a new API endpoint to manage our application's components

echo "app:api/v1/components" >> ./src/api-marketplace/component-management.js

Start the Buildly Marketplace application

./marketplace.sh start

3. Buildly CLI

We'll use the Buildly CLI (Development Tools) to automate various tasks and streamline our development workflow.

bash

Clone the Buildly.io CLI repository

git clone https://github.com/buildlyio/buildly-cli.git

Change into the buildly-cli directory

cd buildly-cli

Initialize the project using buildly init

npm init -y

Create a new command to generate our application's API documentation

echo "api doc" >> ./src/api-docs/generate.js

Create a new command to automate testing and code review

echo "test:run" >> ./src/test/automate-test.js

Start the Buildly CLI application

./buildly.sh core start

4. AI-Assisted Implementation

We'll utilize AI assistance tools, such as BabbleBeaver, to streamline our development process and improve our application's quality.

bash

Clone the BabbleBeaver repository

git clone https://github.com/babbelbeaver/babble-beaver

Change into the babble-beaver directory

cd babble-beaver

Initialize the project using npm

npm init -y

Create a new AI-powered API endpoint to manage our application's functionality

echo "api:func" >> ./src/api-babbelbeaver/function-management.js

Start the BabbleBeaver application

./babbler.sh start

5. Open Source Integration

We'll leverage community-contributed components and extensions from https://github.com/buildlyio to accelerate our development process.

bash

Clone the Buildly.io Open Source repository

git clone https://github.com/buildlyio/open-source

Change into the open-source directory

cd open-source

Initialize the project using npm

npm init -y

Create a new component to manage our application's security features

echo "security" >> ./src/components/security.js

Start the Buildly.io Open Source application

./open-source.sh start

Practical AI-Prompts

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To demonstrate how BabbleBeaver AI handles various tasks, let's create a working example:

1. Create a new user registration endpoint using api:func to manage our application's functionality.

2. Integrate the babbel-beaver library to automate testing and code review for our API endpoints.

3. Use BabbleBeaver's AI-powered design patterns to generate our application's architecture.

bash

Create a new user registration endpoint using api:func

echo "app:api/v1/users" >> ./src/api-gabbelbeaver/user-management.js

Integrate the babbel-beaver library to automate testing and code review for our API endpoints

echo "test:run" >> ./src/test/automate-test.js

Use BabbleBeaver's AI-powered design patterns to generate our application's architecture

echo "app:api/v1/architecture" >> ./src/api-gabbelbeaver/architecture.js

Key Takeaways & Next Steps

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By following these steps, we've created a scalable and efficient course delivery system using Buildly.io Platform, integrating various tools and features to enhance our learning experience. Key takeaways include:

Using Buildly Core (Gateway) to manage core features like user registration and authentication

Leveraging the Buildly Marketplace to pre-build and deploy components

Utilizing Buildly CLI (Development Tools) for automation tasks

Employing AI assistance tools, such as BabbleBeaver, to streamline development and improve quality

Next steps include exploring other Buildly.io Platform features, such as deployment management, monitoring, and security.