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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 hour to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Test-driven development creates a safety net that enables confident refactoring and continuous improvement of ML codebases for reliable systems.

  • Modular design principles applied to ML components (data loaders, training loops) dramatically improve code reusability and team collaboration.

  • Production-quality ML code requires the same software engineering rigor as traditional development, including comprehensive testing and CI/CD.

  • Investing in code quality upfront prevents technical debt that can derail ML projects during scaling and deployment phases of development.

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February 2026

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There are 2 modules in this course

Did you know that over 70% of machine learning failures in production stem from fragile, untested code rather than faulty models? Test-driven development is the key to writing ML pipelines that are reliable, reusable, and production-ready.

This Short Course was created to help professionals in this field develop robust and maintainable ML code that meets production standards and enables effective team collaboration. By completing this course, you will be able to write modular ML components, build test-driven data loaders and training loops, and ensure your codebase is resilient to change and easy for teams to maintainβ€”skills that strengthen both software quality and ML workflow reliability. By the end of this 3-hour long course, you will be able to: Apply modular and test-driven development principles to code data loaders and training loops. This course is unique because it merges software engineering best practices with practical ML development, giving you hands-on experience in creating clean, testable, and scalable ML code that supports long-term production success. To be successful in this project, you should have: Python programming experience Basic ML concepts Familiarity with TensorFlow Unit testing fundamentals

Learners will establish foundational understanding of test-driven development principles and modular architecture patterns specifically applied to machine learning code components.

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 assignment

3 videosβ€’Total 13 minutes
  • Why Production-Quality ML Code Matters β€’2 minutes
  • Test-Driven Development Fundamentals for ML Componentsβ€’8 minutes
  • Implementing Basic TDD Workflow for ML Componentsβ€’3 minutes
1 readingβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • Modular Architecture Patterns for ML Systemsβ€’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 3 minutes
  • TDD and Modular Architecture Knowledge Checkβ€’3 minutes

Learners will implement production-quality DataLoader classes and training loops using TDD principles, creating comprehensive test suites and establishing CI/CD integration workflows.

What's included

2 videos1 reading2 assignments1 ungraded lab

2 videosβ€’Total 8 minutes
  • DataLoader and Training Loop Implementationβ€’3 minutes
  • Implementing Training Loop Components with Comprehensive Testingβ€’5 minutes
1 readingβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • Production ML Implementation Patterns and Best Practicesβ€’10 minutes
2 assignmentsβ€’Total 18 minutes
  • Apply Test-Driven ML Code - Final Assessmentβ€’15 minutes
  • Production ML Implementation Knowledge Checkβ€’3 minutes
1 ungraded labβ€’Total 18 minutes
  • Build Production-Ready DataLoader and Training Loop with TDDβ€’18 minutes

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