Gemini Forge Quest

Tracks

1. 01📡Gemini API Fundamentals

   0/6 lessons

   Models, pricing, auth, the generateContent shape, generation knobs

   Everything you need to talk to Gemini intelligently before you write a single line of SDK code. The current model lineup, the pricing math that decides whether your app survives, the three auth paths, the request and response shapes, and the safety + thinking knobs that change every reply.

   Lesson list (6)

   • 01
     The Gemini Model Family~14 min · models, versioning, pricing-anchor
   • 02
     AI Studio vs Vertex AI~12 min · platforms, auth, architecture
   • 03
     Token Economics & Pricing~16 min · pricing, cost, optimization
   • 04
     Authentication Methods~12 min · auth, api-key, oauth, service-account
   • 05
     The generateContent API~16 min · api, request-shape, system-instruction, parts
   • 06
     Generation Parameters & Safety~14 min · temperature, thinking, safety, controls

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2. 02🐍Python SDK (google-genai)

   0/5 lessons

   Install, generate, stream, chat, migrate from the EOL package

   The Python SDK is google-genai (replaces EOL google-generativeai). Five lessons take you from install to async streaming chat to a clean migration off the legacy package.

   Lesson list (5)

   • 01
     Installation & Client Setup~10 min · python, google-genai, client
   • 02
     generate_content() & Response Structure~14 min · python, generation, response, config
   • 03
     Async & Streaming~14 min · async, streaming, ttft
   • 04
     Chat & Error Handling~14 min · chat, history, errors, retry
   • 05
     Legacy SDK Migration~12 min · migration, google-generativeai, eol

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3. 03📘TypeScript / JavaScript SDK

   0/4 lessons

   @google/genai, the .text-not-text() trap, multimodal helpers

   Same surface as Python, with TypeScript ergonomics. Cover the legacy → new migration (the .text() → .text bug catches everyone), multimodal content builders, and ApiError handling that survives module reload.

   Lesson list (4)

   • 01
     Installation & GoogleGenAI~10 min · typescript, node, google-genai
   • 02
     generateContent() & Streaming~12 min · typescript, generation, streaming
   • 03
     Chat, Errors & Multimodal~14 min · typescript, chat, errors, multimodal
   • 04
     Legacy SDK Migration~12 min · migration, legacy, typescript

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4. 04⚡Streaming & Real-Time

   0/4 lessons

   SSE wire format, Python and TS streams, FastAPI proxy

   Streaming buys you time-to-first-token, not faster generation. Learn the SSE wire format, both SDK streaming surfaces, and the FastAPI proxy pattern Pippa runs to forward Gemini streams to the browser.

   Lesson list (4)

   • 01
     Why Streaming & SSE Format~12 min · streaming, sse, wire-format
   • 02
     Python Streaming~12 min · python, streaming, async-iterator
   • 03
     TypeScript Streaming~10 min · typescript, streaming, for-await
   • 04
     FastAPI Streaming Proxy~16 min · fastapi, proxy, sse, production

   ✓Quiz · 4 questions→

5. 05🔧Function Calling / Tool Use

   0/4 lessons

   Tool declarations, modes, multi-turn loops, auto calling

   The agentic loop in 12 lines. Learn how to declare tools the model picks correctly, how to handle the call/response wire format, the multi-turn tool loop, and Python's auto-calling shortcut.

   Lesson list (4)

   • 01
     Tool Declarations & Schema~14 min · tools, function-calling, schema, openapi
   • 02
     Modes & Call/Response Format~14 min · tools, modes, function-call, function-response
   • 03
     Multi-Turn Tool Loop~16 min · agentic, tool-loop, multi-turn
   • 04
     Auto Calling & Special Tools~12 min · auto-calling, code-execution, google-search, grounding

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6. 06👁️Multimodal & Features

   0/4 lessons

   Image, video, audio, JSON mode, caching, image gen, PDFs

   One model, many modalities. Master inline-bytes vs File API uploads, the structured-output schema enforcement that beats prompt engineering, the 90%-discount caching pattern, and image generation through gemini-3-pro-image-preview.

   Lesson list (4)

   • 01
     Image, Video & Audio~14 min · multimodal, vision, video, audio, file-api
   • 02
     Structured Output / JSON~14 min · json, schema, pydantic, structured-output
   • 03
     Context Caching & File API~14 min · caching, file-api, cost
   • 04
     Image Gen & PDF Processing~12 min · image-generation, pdf, multimodal

   ✓Quiz · 4 questions→

7. 07🔌Raw HTTP & OAuth Adapter

   0/4 lessons

   Both auth paths, token refresh, dual adapter, raw tool loop

   Beyond the SDK: hit Gemini directly via raw HTTP and OAuth. Learn the Cloud Code Assist endpoint, the loadCodeAssist preflight, the dual API-key + OAuth adapter with sticky fallback, and the agentic tool loop without an SDK.

   Lesson list (4)

   • 01
     Two Auth Paths~12 min · oauth, api-key, code-assist, endpoints
   • 02
     Token Refresh & loadCodeAssist~14 min · oauth, refresh-token, load-code-assist
   • 03
     SSE Parsing & Dual Adapter~14 min · sse, raw-http, adapter, dual-auth
   • 04
     Raw HTTP Tool Loop~14 min · raw-http, tool-loop, function-calling, no-sdk

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8. 08🏗️Production Patterns

   0/4 lessons

   Adapter pattern, cost routing, rate limits, token tracking

   Ship Gemini for real. The adapter pattern that lets you swap providers, smart cost routing that cuts bills 70-90%, exponential backoff with jitter for 429s, multi-tier fallback chains, token tracking, and OpenAI ↔ Gemini message translation.

   Lesson list (4)

   • 01
     Adapter Pattern~14 min · adapter, interface, abstraction
   • 02
     Cost Optimization Routing~12 min · cost, routing, model-selection
   • 03
     Rate Limits & Fallback~14 min · rate-limits, fallback, retry, resilience
   • 04
     Token Tracking & Translation~12 min · billing, tracking, openai-translation

   ✓Quiz · 4 questions→