Basics · Getting started from zero

Welcome to the AI programming era

Never written code? No problem. This is a brand-new era, and AI coding tools let everyone become a creator. All you need is an idea; AI handles the implementation.

Target audience

A complete beginner who has never written code

Liberal arts student / designer

Product manager

For people who want to quickly validate ideas

Learning objectives

Understand AI programming tools

Master the basic usage

Create your first work

Course outline

Awakening

Understand Vibe Coding: the mindset shift from coder to conductor

Mindset

MVP thinking, spec-driven development, avoid feature creep

Principle

Token, Context, Attention, Prompt Engineering

Tools

Hands-on with Cursor, Windsurf, and GitHub Copilot

Practice

Create APIs, generate UI, organize work summaries

Refinement

Git, code review, security awareness, best practices

Chapter contents

1Awakening: Why Now Is the Best Time for Programming 2Mindset: think like a product manager 3Technical principles: in-depth analysis of LLM core mechanisms 4Tool practice: quick start with IDE-like tools 5From zero to one in practice 6Refine skills