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 ➔ Prompt ➔ Output ➔ Test)
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