Lesson 17: Testing AI-Generated Code (Teach This Topic)
This guide helps you teach why AI-generated code is a hypothesis until relevant evidence shows that it meets its requirements. Open Full Article...
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Lesson 17: Testing AI-Generated Code
An AI coding agent confidently announces, “This should work,” just as a previously reliable feature quietly stops working. Open Full Article...
Lesson 16: Refactoring and Changing Existing Systems Safely (Parent Q&A)
This guide explains why changing existing software requires care. It defines refactoring and distinguishes it from feature development and bug fixing. Open Full Article...
Lesson 16: Refactoring and Changing Existing Systems Safely (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports teaching learners aged 11 to 16 how to judge AI suggestions for changes to existing software. Open Full Article...
Lesson 16: Refactoring and Changing Existing Systems Safely
Imagine an AI rewriting a difficult function while also reorganising directories, renaming public methods, changing a dependency and altering behaviour. Open Full Article...
Lesson 15: Asking AI to Write New Features Properly (Parent Q&A)
This lesson explains why a complete software feature involves more than generating an isolated code snippet. Open Full Article...
Lesson 15: Asking AI to Write New Features Properly (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports a lesson on planning complete software features with AI rather than requesting isolated code snippets. Open Full Article...
Lesson 15: Asking AI to Write New Features Properly
Add saved favourites to this application sounds like a small coding request, but what would make the feature genuinely complete? Open Full Article...
Lesson 14: Security, Permissions and Untrusted Context (Parent Q&A)
This guide explains why AI coding agents need security controls when they can access files, run commands or use external tools. Open Full Article...
Lesson 14: Security, Permissions and Untrusted Context (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports teaching how AI coding agents can create security risks when they access files, commands and external tools. Open Full Article...