Grokking AI Applications: An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people

By Andrea De Mauro

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In this book you'll learn how to create your own AI applications from scratch using free low-code tools like Langflow and KNIME. This fully-illustrated book guides you step by step on your journey from AI user to AI maker.

Generative AI applications can be complex to understand and create. This book strips away the low-level geekery and shows you exactly how to build Q&A systems, agents, and other powerful AI applications using low-code tools. Along the way, you'll gain an intuition for how generative AI works, including core components like large language models, retrieval augmented generation, model context protocol, and more.

In Grokking AI Applications you'll:

- Create AI applications from the ground up using low code tools
- Build intelligent agents for complex reasoning tasks
- Improve AI responses using retrieval-augmented Generation (RAG) with your own documents
- Connect to external applications via APIs and model context protocol (MCP)
- Optimize and fine-tune AI applications

About the book

Grokking AI Applications is written for everyone. Following engaging illustrations and step-by-step guidance, you'll start creating AI applications from the very first chapters. Use prompt engineering to create a healthy recipe generator, use RAG to build automated customer support chatbots, craft marketing assistants that know brand guidelines, and even design a web-enabled financial researcher--all using free low-code tools like Langflow and KNIME.

About the reader

For readers of all levels who want to create AI applications.

About the author

Andrea De Mauro has two decades of experience leading Data and AI teams in global organizations. A seasoned executive advisor and fractional CDO, Andrea has held leadership roles at Vodafone and Procter & Gamble, shaping data-driven strategies at scale. He teaches Marketing Analytics and Applied AI at Luiss University in Rome and other top European universities. Recognized in CDO Magazine's Forty Under 40 list, he is also a prolific researcher, exploring the fundamental forces behind big data as a phenomenon and the transformative impact of AI and data analytics on businesses and society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633435873
• ISBN13: 9781633435872
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Manning
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.4" x 9.3"