🎥 Welcome to the first video in our new tutorial series on AI coding assistants! In this series, we’re not just setting up your environment or building a basic app—we’re diving deep into how you can leverage AI to streamline automate nearly every aspect of software engineering.

From generating and debugging code to automating tasks like documentation and testing, you’ll learn how to effectively use tools like the aider and Cody AI coding assistants to supercharge your workflow. But you won't just learn how to use THESE coding assistants. The goal is to learn the fundamentals you can apply to ANY coding assistant.

We’ll also cover when to use chatbots like ChatGPT for non-coding software engineering tasks, and how these AI tools can help you learn as you code.

🔍 In this video:

- What are AI coding assistants?
- The differences between AI coding assistants and chatbots.
- How to put together a killer development workflow that utilizes AI to its fullest potential.
- A demo of aider (terminal-based) and Cody (IDE-based) coding assistants. You'll see first-hand what these tools can do and how you can use them.
- We show you how to use ChatGPT for detailed installation instructions to install any coding assistant... or ANY tool, for that matter.
- 🚀 Coding the Future Skool community launch announcement!

🔥 JOIN our Coding the Future Skool community: https://www.skool.com/coding-the-futu...

This series is perfect for beginners looking to accelerate their learning, seasoned developers wanting to integrate AI into their workflow, and even engineers already using AI who are seeking fresh ideas to improve productivity.

00:00 Intro to this tutorial series
01:00 Who this series is for and what to expect
02:04 What are AI coding assistant and what can they do?
03:30 Check out our new Skool community!
04:54 Demo of the 2 AI coding assistants we'll use in this series
09:43 When to use coding assistants vs chatbots
15:53 Let's install our 2 AI coding assistants!
19:41 Wrap-up

🔗 Links Referenced in this Video:

• Harvard article on the “toggle tax”: https://hbr.org/2022/08/how-much-time...
• Cody AI coding assistant: https://sourcegraph.com/docs/cody
• aider coding assistant: https://aider.chat/docs/install.html

📜 ChatGPT Prompts Used in the Video:

Prompt for aider installation:
“I’m brand new to using AI coding assistants for software development. Please provide detailed, step-by-step instructions for setting up aider on my Mac from scratch. I’m not sure what tools I need, so include everything required. Guide me through the installation of any necessary software, explain how to create a testing environment, and show me how to configure aider to work with Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Also, provide a simple example for verifying the setup, such as editing a file with aider using the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model, and let me check that the file was correctly updated. Use the official online aider documentation for info before generating instructions.”

Prompt for AI model recommendation for aider:
“I want to use the aider AI coding assistant for generating source code. Which AI model is currently recommended as the best option for aider at the moment? Research this and let me know.”

Prompt for dealing with installation issues:
“When I ran the command you gave me to install Python, I got this error: INSERT_ERROR_HERE”

Prompt for installing the Cody AI coding assistant:
“I’m brand new to using AI coding assistants for software development. Please provide detailed, step-by-step instructions for setting up the Cody AI coding assistant on my Mac from scratch. I’m not sure what tools I need, so include everything required. Guide me through the installation of any necessary software. Also, provide a simple way for me to verify the setup. Use the official online Cody documentation for info before generating instructions.”

💬 Connect with me:

• Website: https://codingthefuture.ai
• X (Twitter):   / codingfutureai  

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