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 Duration 7 hours

Course Outline

Best Practices and Tooling

Common Pitfalls and Mitigation Strategies

Introduction to Prompt Engineering

Prompt Refinement and Iterative Design

Prompting for Test Automation and SQL Generation

Summary and Next Steps

Using Prompts for Code Explanation and Debugging

Writing Prompts for Code Generation

  • Preventing hallucinated code or security vulnerabilities
  • Managing incomplete or ambiguous inputs
  • Establishing safe fallback prompts and guardrails
  • Deriving test cases from requirements or existing code
  • Constructing structured SQL queries from natural language descriptions
  • Formatting outputs for seamless integration into test suites
  • Interpreting legacy or unfamiliar code
  • Prompting for logic walkthroughs or edge case analysis
  • Identifying and explaining bugs or inefficiencies
  • Generating code from plain-language descriptions
  • Regulating output format and programming language
  • Handling complex logic or multiple functions
  • Enhancing results through prompt chaining and feedback loops
  • Error recovery and prompt tuning strategies
  • Case studies in refinement for technical tasks
  • Prompt libraries and reuse patterns
  • Applying prompt templates in VS Code or API-based workflows
  • Assessing prompt quality and performance in production use
  • Comprehending prompts, context, tokens, and models
  • Prompt types: zero-shot, one-shot, few-shot
  • Utilizing system vs. user instructions across different APIs

Requirements

Target Audience

  • Developers utilizing LLMs for code creation or analysis
  • Technical leads assessing AI tools within their workflows
  • Software professionals experimenting with LLM integrations
  • Background in software development or scripting
  • Proficiency with prevalent programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, SQL)
  • Foundational knowledge of large language models and AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot

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