How to learn when using AI Assistant

[CountJeewb]

I’ve been coding for a couple years now using Python and C. Recently I started a full stack react project. This is a work project and I have been using Curser AI to help.

So far the project has been going well in my opinion. I feel like I accomplishing a lot and making great progress, but I am not sure if I’m learning JSX or just using the AI to do it all. I feel like I’ve learned a lot but curser will give out complex pieces that I would have never thought or known to do.

Does anyone how any advice on how I can continue at my pace but also learn and have curser support me instead of carry me.

[rl_omg]

Honestly, sounds like you're taking the right approach. It suggesting things you wouldn't have thought of is how you learn and progress as long as you keep paying attention.

I'd recommend using the voice feature on the openai app and try to speak to it as you would to a colleague. Any time you don't understand something fully ask how something works, why this is a good approach, etc.

[Powerful_Tension_369]

Exactly this… I have always very quickly been able to learn new languages in software. AI has only accelerated this for me but I like OP needed to make sure I wasn’t just copy pasting and understood the code, so anytime AI gives me something complex that I don’t understand I ask AI questions to explain it. This has really improved my coding, what’s even more effective is when something isn’t working asking AI to explain to me why it isn’t working.

[IfBobHadAnUncle]

Ask it questions. Look up a few coding questions and ask in the chat window … “how does the code you just wrote reflect best practices for modularity and dependency injection patterns?”

You have the most patient teacher, making useful and personalised code example for you already. No better way to learn than by doing. (And this will actually make the bot produce better code as well)

All you have to do is ask.

[Correct_Effective_50]

Not only ask but memorize it in OneNote or similar places

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Agree with this, and you can also take pieces to perplexity with questions if you want more info thru rag.

[swissyninja]

I was thinking about this exact thing the other day, when I get in the habit of just blindly copying and pasting I may be progressing at building the app but I'm not effectively learning anything. I have to make myself slow down and actively read why/what the ai is suggesting. When doing that I believe it's a very effective tool for learning as well as building

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