Prompt Engineering Essentials - using AI effectively

Prerequisites

This course will focus on how to use AI assistants in your daily work. No experience with AI is expected. The course can be tailored to any programming language including Python, C#, Java and JavaScript.

Introduction

Introduction to ChatGPT and its capabilities. Terminology Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Neural Network Natural Language Processing Large Language Model Prompt Engineering

Using AI For Programming

Setting up the development environment. Working with APIs and SDKs for ChatGPT.

General Principles

Provide clear and specific descriptions Use language specific keywords Be explicit about logic Use comments Check and test the output Break down complex tasks Ask for explanations Review and edit Data privacy concerns

Prompt Engineering Techniques

Being specific Task Context Exemplar Persona Format Tone

Introduction to programming using AI

Review of the coding environments that we will be using Creating a "hello world" program using an AI assistant How to interpret the results

Basic Programming Tasks

Prompt the AI assistant to solve more difficult problems. Interpreting the results Cut and paste the code Compile and run the code Testing the code

Debugging

Validating your results What to do when things don't work out Debugging techniques Breakpoints Single Step Evaluating variables Step Into and Step Out