Book overview
Follow a fictional maintainer from a failing supplier import to a reviewed local release. Learn to map a codebase, choose bounded tasks, control context and project rules, critique completions, test changes, refactor safely, inspect tool permissions and verify delivered files. Includes 24 chapters, worked Python examples, exercise commentary and a companion with 35 tested cases.
Themes & audience
AI-assisted development & code review
Developers who can read basic Python and use a local terminal, and maintainers looking for a structured review practice. The standard-library exercises require no model API key, vendor account or paid external service.
Put the ideas into practice
Read the front-matter setup guidance and companion README first. Run the local test suite, inspect both configured feed examples, and keep chapter-stage results separate from your own project. Use the back-matter commentary to compare reasoning rather than to assume that a different application has passed review.
What to know about this edition
Preview the reading experience
This is an AI-assisted publisher edition and this assessment is our own review, not an independent customer testimonial. It does not report hands-on testing in a Cursor account or compare models. The exercises were checked on Python 3.12.14 on Windows; other environments require verification. The preview is local teaching software, not a hosted inventory system. The separate SQLite rehearsal uses synthetic in-memory data. Current product interfaces and account permissions may differ from the dated source register.
Use the free preview to check the reading level, style and format before buying. Every digital purchase includes Kindle-ready EPUB, standard EPUB and PDF.
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