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- Text & chat
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- Claude · ChatGPT · Gemini
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- 64 words
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Learn a programming concept with analogies
This prompt teaches one concept, such as async/await or database indexes, in four steps: a real-life analogy, a definition, a small code example and a common mistake. It then gives you two exercises.
Act as a patient programming teacher. Concept: [e.g. async/await, closures, database indexes, Docker] My level: [e.g. I know basic Python loops and functions] Explain it in four steps: a real-life analogy, a plain definition, a tiny code example with each line explained, and a common mistake beginners make with it. Then give me two small exercises, and wait for my answers before showing solutions.
Say what you already know. The explanation fits much better when it builds on something familiar.
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