Prompt Engineering for Web Devs - ChatGPT and Bard Tutorial

freeCodeCamp.org · Beginner ·🧠 Large Language Models ·2y ago

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This video tutorial covers prompt engineering for web developers using ChatGPT and Bard, focusing on effective communication with AI language models to achieve desired results.

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This course will help you to code, learn, and get jobs faster than you ever have before! Try the interactive Scrimba version here: https://scrimba.com/learn/promptengineering When it comes to leveraging AI language models, your output is often only as good as your input. In other words, it’s all about learning how best to communicate your desired results. Effective prompt engineering is the secret sauce for getting the most out of AI. To get the most value out of this course, you should know JavaScript and React. Follow Scrimba on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/scrimba Follow the teacher Treasure on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/treasureporth ❤️ Try interactive AI courses we love, right in your browser: https://scrimba.com/freeCodeCamp-AI (Made possible by a grant from our friends at Scrimba) ⭐️ Contents ⭐️ (0:00:00) Introduction (0:01:52) Welcome to the Course! (0:05:42) Intro: What is Prompt Engineering? (0:07:17) Prompt Engineering Basics, Part 1 (0:14:16) Prompt Engineering Basics, Part 2 (0:20:11) Quiz: Prompt Engineering Basics (0:22:53) Control the length and format of GPT's responses (0:31:40) Challenge: Haiku-ish Generator (0:37:05) Break Tasks Into Smaller Steps (0:44:25) Quiz: Break Tasks into Smaller Steps (0:46:17) Prompt Iteratively: Prompt, Evaluate, Repeat (0:50:16) Optimize prompts (0:53:45) Challenge: Build a Simple Modal with an Optimized Prompt (0:57:37) Role-based prompting (1:04:00) Practice: Plan an App with Role-Based Prompting (1:07:43) Prompt with Examples (1:11:38) Challenge: Seltzer Flavor Generator (1:14:05) Solution: Seltzer Flavor Generator (1:19:53) Beware Hallucinating! (1:24:20) Recap: Prompt Engineering (1:25:10) Intro: AI Assisted Coding (1:26:11) Generate code with pseudocode (1:30:20) Generate code using a pseudo language (1:35:42) Challenge: Generate a Form with Pseudo Language (1:38:04) Generate Edge Cases (1:43:22) Generate Test Cases (1:48:06) Practice: Test a function and generate edge cases (1:53:05) Debugg
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This tutorial teaches web developers how to effectively use prompt engineering with ChatGPT and Bard to achieve better results in their coding tasks. It covers the basics of prompt engineering, role-based prompting, and AI-assisted coding.

Key Takeaways
  1. Learn the basics of prompt engineering
  2. Use role-based prompting for specific tasks
  3. Optimize prompts for better results
  4. Generate code with pseudocode
  5. Generate test cases and edge cases
  6. Debug code with AI assistance
💡 Effective prompt engineering is key to getting the most out of AI language models, and role-based prompting can help achieve specific tasks

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