Prompt Engineering: Build Real AI Apps with OpenAI

Our verdict: worth it — as long as the IT & Software skills on the syllabus match what you actually want to learn. The regular price for Prompt Engineering: Build Real AI Apps with OpenAI on Udemy is $149.99. With the coupon code on this page, that falls to $9.99 — a saving of $140.00, or 93% off the standard rate Spread across 6h of on-demand video, that works out to roughly $1.67 per hour of content — cheaper than a single chapter of most printed IT & Software textbooks.

A cheap price means nothing if the material is thin — here the syllabus is organized around usable outcomes. Scott Barrett walks you through connect to the OpenAI Responses API and make your first live API calls from Python, build structured JSON outputs that return reliable, parseable results every time, and handle API errors gracefully using exponential backoff and rate limit strategies — skills meant to be used, not just watched. It has already been taken by 744 students and holds a 4.8-star average from verified reviews, which suggests the content holds up once learners actually apply it.

Check the prerequisites before you commit: Basic Python familiarity: classes, functions, loops, and importing libraries; No prior Jupyter Notebook experience required — setup and usage are covered in Module 1. Best suited to learners who already have footing in IT & Software. Plan for roughly 6h of on-demand video at your own pace. Lessons are delivered in English.