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Prompt engineering for the agent

Prompt engineering for the agent

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Prompt engineering for the agent

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This chapter looks at another refactoring project using agent mode. We'll be working with this word frequency web page that you've already seen in a few earlier videos. Remember this is the one where you choose a file and then once you open the file you can click on analyze and it'll give you a word count. This project originally started as a .NET demo I built years ago. Before putting this course together I converted the .NET Windows application into this simple HTML page. That's another area where Copilot really excels, helping you move a project from one format or text stack to another quickly and with a lot less manual effort. The first task I want to perform is separation of concerns. I should have a separate CSS file and a separate JavaScript file. Let's talk about prompt engineering. Let's look at three possible refactoring prompts. In modern prompt engineering, the way you phrase a request matters just as much as the request itself. Different prompt styles naturally lead an AI…

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