Coding with AI

Practical techniques to accelerate software development using generative AI.Lets get real. Youd like to hand off a lot of tedious software development tasks to an assistantand now you can! AI-powered coding tools like Copilot can accelerate research, design, code creation, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, refactoring and more. Coding with AI shows you how. Written for working developers, this book fast-tracks you to AI-powered productivity with bite-size projects, tested prompts, and techniques for getting the most out of AI.In Coding with AI youll learn how to:Incorporate AI tools into your development workflowCreate pro-quality documentation and testsDebug and refactor software efficientlyCreate and organize reusable promptsCoding with AI takes you through several small Python projects with the help of AI tools, showing you exactly how to use AI to create and refine real software. This book skips the baby steps and goes straight to the techniques youll use on the job, every day. Youll learn to sidestep AI inefficiencies like hallucination and identify the places where AI can save you the most time and effort.About the technologyTaking a systematic approach to coding with Al will deliver the clarity, consistency, and scalability you need for production-grade applications. With practice, you can use AI tools to break down complex problems, generate maintainable code, enhance your models, and streamline debugging, testing, and collaboration. As you learn to work with AIs strengthsand recognize its limitationsyoull build more reliable software and find that the quality of your generated code improves significantly.About the bookCoding with AI shows you how to gain massive benefits from a powerful array of AI-driven development tools and techniques. And it shares the insights and methods you need to use them effectively in professional projects. Following realistic examples, youll learn AI coding for database integration, designing a UI, and establishing an automated testing suite. Youll even vibe code a gamebut only after youve built a rock-solid foundation.What's insideIncorporate AI into your development workflowCreate pro-quality documentation and testsDebug and refactor software efficientlyCreate and organize reusable promptsAbout the readerFor professional software developers. Examples in Python.About the authorJeremy C. Morgan has two decades of experience as an engineer building software for everything from Fortune 100 companies to tiny startups.Table of ContentsPart 11 Introducing generative AI2 First steps with AI-assisted codingPart 23 Design and discovery4 Coding the first version of our application5 Using Blackbox AI to generate base code6 Generating a software backend with TabninePart 37 Building user interfaces with ChatGPT8 Building effective tests with generative AI9 Prompt engineering10 Vibe coding with Cursor