Build your first intelligent chatbot using Python! Learn how to create interactive console-based bots that respond to users, remember information, and store conversations — all using beginner-friendly tools and real-world coding skills.
🗓️ Course Schedule: Python AI Essentials
Duration: 2 Days
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Daily
Format: Instructor-led • Hands-on Coding • Step-by-step Practice
🔹 Day 1: Build Your First Intelligent Chatbot
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
🧠 Introduction to Chatbots and Python Basics
- What is a chatbot? Real-world uses and examples
- Installing Python and running scripts from the terminal
- Using
input(),print(), and basic responses - Writing conditional statements (
if,elif,else)
🛠️ Activity: Build a greeting bot that asks for and remembers your name
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
🧠 Expanding Conversation Logic
- Detecting keywords and phrases in user input
- Using
.lower(),.find(),in - Writing simple functions to organize chatbot logic
- Default fallback responses
🛠️ Activity: Chatbot that responds to mood and common questions
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM — Lunch Break
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
🧺 Managing Memory with Variables and Dictionaries
- Storing user info (name, mood, etc.) in variables/dictionaries
- Accessing and updating stored values
- Looping with
while Truefor ongoing chat sessions
🛠️ Activity: Chatbot that remembers user preferences and keeps chatting
🔹 Day 2: Persistence, Logic, and Full Project
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
📁 Saving and Loading Chatbot Memory
- File handling with
open(),.read(),.write() - Using
with open(...) as file:context manager - Storing and loading data to/from
.txtfiles - Logging conversation history
🛠️ Activity: Add file-based memory and chat logging to your bot
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
🛠️ Advanced Conversation Logic & Commands
- Handling multiple topics and user intent
- Improving keyword matching logic
- Using
random.choice()for varied replies - Adding basic commands like
help,time, andexit
🛠️ Activity: Enhance your chatbot with real command handling
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM — Lunch Break
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
🔧 Final Project: Your Full Python Console Chatbot
- Complete chatbot with:
- Personalized greetings
- Persistent memory
- Conversation logs
- Robust fallback and keyword response system
- Testing, debugging tips, and next steps
🛠️ Activity: Final build & demo your chatbot
🧭 Wrap-up: Review, questions, and how to continue into GUI, NLP or ML!
🧠 What You’ll Learn
Strong foundations for GUI or AI/NLP chatbot upgrades
Python input/output, conditions, and loops
How to build and expand chatbot logic
How to store and retrieve user data
File handling for persistent memory
Structuring and debugging console apps