AI Agents in Typescript/Javascript

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Vanderbilt's specialization brings AI agent development to the JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem — a natural fit given how much of the web's tooling and application layer already runs on Node.js. It's a young offering, with 1,518 students enrolled so far, reflecting how recently agent-building frameworks have matured in this language.

What you'll build

• AI agents and agentic workflows in TypeScript/JavaScript
• Integration with the OpenAI API and large language models
• AI orchestration across multi-step LLM applications
• Maintainable, debuggable agent code within a Node.js environment

It's beginner-level, though some existing JavaScript or TypeScript familiarity will make it easier to follow. This is a strong option for web developers who want to build AI agents inside the language and runtime they already use daily, rather than switching to Python for anything AI-related.