AI-Augmented Software Design

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

• Use AI to rapidly refactor the design of existing applications
• Analyze design flaws in existing code and implement solutions with the help of AI
• With the aid of AI, create design and code for new features to meet your criteria
• Use your fundamental knowledge of software design to evaluate and guide AI for software design

Course description

Design rarely happens in greenfield or in isolation. New applications require modifications to the evolving design; existing applications require constant refactoring and enhancements to the design already in place. Most of us are familiar with good design characteristics: high cohesion, low/loose coupling, separation of concerns, and so on. Most of us have learned and apply SOLID principles. Isn’t that enough to create and maintain good design?

Many AI tools have evolved to be extremely fast at analyzing code and identifying issues. They can take a large volume of code and provide a summary based on various aspects, including design patterns in code, hidden flaws in the design, or issues involving extensibility and maintainability. The catch, however, is that none of these tools is consistent or reliable all the time. That’s where your grasp of the fundamentals comes in.

Venkat Subramaniam shows you how your knowledge of design principles, patterns, and practices—when combined with the speed of AI tools—can accelerate your ability to analyze, evaluate, refactor, and evolve the design of existing code as well as design newer features in existing applications.