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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Comprehending Code via LLMs

  • Prompting techniques for code explanation and detailed walkthroughs
  • Navigating unfamiliar codebases and project structures
  • Analyzing control flow, dependency maps, and architectural patterns

Refactoring Code for Long-Term Maintainability

  • Identifying code smells, redundant code, and structural anti-patterns
  • Reorganising functions and modules to enhance clarity
  • Leveraging LLMs to propose naming conventions and design improvements

Enhancing Performance and Reliability

  • Detecting inefficiencies and potential security risks with AI assistance
  • Recommending more efficient algorithms or library alternatives
  • Optimising I/O operations, database queries, and API calls

Automating Technical Documentation

  • Generating function- and method-level comments and summaries
  • Drafting and updating README files directly from codebases
  • Creating Swagger/OpenAPI documentation with LLM support

Integrating with Development Toolchains

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

Managing Legacy and Multi-Language Codebases

  • Reverse-engineering older or poorly documented systems
  • Performing cross-language refactoring (e.g., migrating from Python to TypeScript)
  • Reviewing case studies and pair-AI programming demonstrations

Ethics, Quality Assurance, and Review Processes

  • Validating AI-generated changes and mitigating hallucination risks
  • Adopting peer review best practices when using LLMs
  • Ensuring reproducibility and adherence to coding standards

Summary and Future Directions

Requirements

  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or JavaScript
  • Familiarity with software architecture principles and code review processes
  • A foundational understanding of how large language models operate

Target Audience

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

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