Intermediate · 4h · lessons

ChatGPT & Claude for Coding

Use AI chat assistants to write, debug, and understand code — without blindly trusting a single word they say.

What you'll learn

  • Understand what ChatGPT and Claude are, how they differ, and when to reach for each
  • Write prompts that get clean, usable code the first time
  • Give the AI enough context — language, framework, constraints — so it stops guessing
  • Paste error messages and walk away with a fix explanation, not just a code dump
  • Use AI to read and explain unfamiliar code, then verify the explanation yourself
  • Avoid the biggest pitfalls: hallucinated APIs, leaked secrets, and stale context windows
  • Use AI inside your editor, review its code, and grow a snippet into a full feature
  • Build a reusable prompt library, learn faster with AI, and use it as a code reviewer

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