April 2024
Beginner to intermediate
224 pages
5h 45m
English
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Preface
I started coding back in the early ’80s. My first rig was an Atari 400—not exactly a powerhouse with its membrane keyboard, just 8K of RAM, and programs that loaded from cassettes. I learned the BASIC language and created simple games and utility apps.
I was totally into it.
Naturally, over time I upgraded to beefier machines. Along the way, I got my hands dirty with languages like Pascal, C, and C++. But the IDEs didn’t change much, except for syntax highlighting and debugging features.
Everything changed dramatically with the arrival of GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT. Trying out these tools felt like the moment I first held an iPhone—absolutely game-changing.
In natural language, I asked ChatGPT to write code. Or in VS Code, I would type a fragment of a function, and GitHub Copilot would generate a code block. Often it was like hitting the bull’s-eye. Oh, and then I used ChatGPT to turn images into code.
Yet the real power was that these tools could handle many of the tedious tasks for developers. Who’s into wrestling with regex statements or piecing together bash commands or GitHub actions? Not me, for sure. But these AI programming tools? They eat that stuff for breakfast.
Turns out, these AI tools are handy for more than just coding. I began using ChatGPT for brainstorming app ideas, drafting requirements, and even knocking out unit tests.
It didn’t take long for me to be convinced that AI-assisted programming would be one of those must-have skills for programmers.
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