First Steps: From Spec to First Code

Build a basic web app from a short functional spec using GitHub Copilot.

Key Points:

  • Introduction to LLMs and their role in coding
  • Setting up your development environment
  • Selecting the right spec chunks
  • Basic prompt crafting
  • Managing output iterations
  • Hands-on exercise: Generating a simple function from a specification

Assets:

  • 📄 Starter Spec Template (Markdown)
  • 📄 Prompt Template: “Draft a React component from this spec…”
  • 📄 Prompt Engineering Flowchart (Spec âž” Prompt âž” Output âž” Test)