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 Duration 14 hours

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Understanding Code with LLMs

  • Prompting techniques for code explanation and walkthroughs
  • Navigating unfamiliar codebases and projects
  • Examining control flow, dependencies, and architecture

Refactoring Code for Maintainability

  • Identifying code smells, dead code, and anti-patterns
  • Reorganizing functions and modules for greater clarity
  • Leveraging LLMs to propose naming conventions and design enhancements

Improving Performance and Reliability

  • Detecting inefficiencies and security vulnerabilities with AI support
  • Proposing more efficient algorithms or libraries
  • Refactoring I/O operations, database queries, and API calls

Automating Code Documentation

  • Generating function/method-level comments and summaries
  • Authoring and updating README files based on codebases
  • Creating Swagger/OpenAPI documentation with LLM assistance

Integration with Toolchains

  • Utilizing VS Code extensions and Copilot Labs for documentation purposes
  • Integrating GPT or Claude into Git pre-commit hooks
  • Embedding documentation and linting processes within CI pipelines

Working with Legacy and Multi-Language Codebases

  • Reverse-engineering older or undocumented systems
  • Cross-language refactoring (e.g., transitioning from Python to TypeScript)
  • Case studies and pair-AI programming demonstrations

Ethics, Quality Assurance, and Review

  • Verifying AI-generated changes and mitigating hallucinations
  • Best practices for peer review when utilizing LLMs
  • Maintaining reproducibility and adherence to coding standards

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Practical experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, or JavaScript.
  • Knowledge of software architecture and code review procedures.
  • A foundational grasp of how large language models operate.

Audience

  • Backend engineers
  • DevOps teams
  • Senior developers and tech leads

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