Course: Building Software with AI

GitHub Copilot ChatGPT Claude Cursor

BSA | 1 Day

This hands-on course is your one-day test drive into modern software development with AI in the loop. Working inside a real open-source codebase, attendees will pair with tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to design, develop, and ship working features — all in a live, collaborative lab environment. No hype. No futurecasting. Just real-world experience with today’s AI tooling.

As part of the course, you’ll contribute to real improvements on truenarrative.io, applying AI tools to make meaningful updates to content, design, and functionality on a live site.

Audience

This course is designed for software developers, tech leads, and agile delivery teams who want to level up their AI fluency and integrate tools like Copilot, ChatGPT, and natural language workflows into real development. Whether you’re AI-curious or already dabbling, this lab will sharpen your skills and mindset.

Modules

  1. AI Developer Stances – When and how to lean on AI
  2. Pairing with Copilot – Navigating intent, prompt shaping, and refactoring
  3. ChatOps with ChatGPT – Using LLMs for design, testing, and documentation
  4. Real Feature Delivery – Guided tasks inside a shared codebase
  5. Going to Production – Quality checks, collaboration, and committing with confidence

Prerequisites

Attendees should have experience writing code (in any modern language) and a basic understanding of Git and GitHub. AI tooling (GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT) will be introduced in the course. A GitHub account and access to a modern browser are required. Bring your own editor (we recommend VS Code).

Downloads

Syllabus | Sample | Setup Guide