Your First Taste of C++ with AI

Imagine a computer that understands spoken commands, where a simple request, such as “Tell me a joke,” receives an immediate, intelligent response. Ask: What’s my name?, and the computer remembers. Pose a question such as: What is the result of adding 1,929,299,292 and 4,239,284?, and it instantly gives you the correct answer.

This is the essence of programming: giving a computer clear, step-by-step instructions to perform tasks on your behalf. In this course, you’ll learn how to do exactly that using the C++ programming language.

Your first magic spell

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Try this yourself:

Run it, and you’ll see the message appear in the console. That’s your code telling the computer what to display. 

Make it yours

Change Hello, world! into something personal or lighthearted.

Make it something like: I am learning C++

or

Bananas are the best fruit.

Each time you change the text inside the quotes, you’re giving the computer a new instruction.

Prompting your AI buddy

Now let’s use the AI assistant. Enter the following prompt:

Write C++ code that prints “Hello, world!”

Run the AI-generated code.

Great! You got the same result, but this time it came from the AI assistant. Now, try refining your prompt in the same place you entered it earlier:

Note: Change the code so it prints my name three times.

Notice how the AI adapts when you change the wording.

The secret to effective prompting is simple: start small and then refine. You will practice this skill throughout the course, writing your own code, experimenting, and asking the AI to provide examples, alternatives, or corrections.

What will you learn in this course?

In this course, you’ll move step by step from writing your very first C++ program to building a complete, AI-assisted terminal application.

You’ll begin by setting up your environment and learning the essentials, printing output, reading user input, working with variables and data types, making decisions with conditionals, using loops for repetition, and organizing logic with functions.

As you progress, you’ll explore arrays, pointers, and object-oriented programming through practical projects. By the end, you’ll understand not only how C++ works but also how to collaborate with AI to plan, write, debug, and polish code, producing portfolio-ready projects with confidence.