Chat GPT Prompts

50 ChatGPT Prompts for Programmers

  • Code Generation

    1. create a function in [ language ] to [ objective ]
    2. create a model in [ language ] to represent an entity with these attributes: [ attributes ]
    3. [ code in some language ]: convert this code to [ another language name ] code
    4. act as an expert [ language / library / framework / stack ] developer. now give me step by step instructions to [ list of objectives ]
    5. write a function in [ language ] to solve [ list of objectives ]
    6. [ desired output in plain words ]: write a SQL query to get this output
      • Example: [ list all students from students table who got grades above 50 and below 80 and for each student who meets this criteria, retrieve their assignment grade for history from the Assignments table ]: write a SQL query to get this output
    7. [ SQL query in some flavor eg. SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL ]: convert this SQL query into [ another flavor of SQL eg. SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL ]
    8. [ objective ]: write a [ language ] program for this. the program should follow these constraints: [ list of constraints ]
    9. write a program in [ language ] using [ functional / object oriented / aspect oriented ] style to [ objective ]
    10. write a program in [ language ] to [ objective ] in the style of [ famous programmer ]

  • Documentation

    1. search official documentation for [ technology ] and explain [ topic ] with analogies for a 5 year old
    2. search official documentation for [ framework / language / library ] and explain [ topic ] with analogies for a [ profession ]
    3. [ snippet from documentation ]: explain this with analogies for a 5 year old / [ profession / persona ]
    4. list [ number ] ways to create technical documentation that is clear, concise, and easy to understand for [ target audience ]
    5. provide [ number] techniques for writing technical documentation that helps people with disabilities
    6. list [ number ] tips for developers to ensure that their documentation is easy to navigate and search
    7. list the top [ number ] tools and formats used to create technical documentation
    8. provide industry best practices for managing and updating technical documentation
    9. list [ number ] strategies for writing technical documentation that a 5 year old can understand
    10. list [ number ] best practices for documenting API’s and SDK’s
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  • Debugging

    1. [ error / warning message ]: provide 5 tips to solve this error
    2. [ code ] [ error ]: debug code for error with step by step instructions to resolve it
    3. suggest [ number ] best practices for debugging [ language ] code.
    4. list [ number ] techniques for debugging [ language / library / framework / stack ] code in [ IDE / code editor ]
    5. give me [ number ] best practices for debugging [ type of app ] apps
    6. tell me [ number ] ways to use logging and error messages in [ lanugae / library / framework / stack ] to diagnose and troubleshoot problems
    7. I want to learn about code profiling and tracing to identify performance issues in software. tell me the top [ number ] techniques used for this.
    8. list [ number ] ways for web developers to debug issues related to network requests, cookies, and session state
    9. act as an expert [ language / library / framework / stack ] developer who is a master of debugging. now help me debug this code [ code ]
    10. You’re a developer working on a web application that is experiencing intermittent issues with session state. Users are reporting that they are occasionally logged out of the application and lose their progress. List [ number ] debugging techniques you would use to identify and fix the issue. Also list [ number ] strategies for preventing similar issues from occurring in the future
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  • Code Refactoring

    1. [ code ]: simplify this code
    2. [ code ]: calcuate cyclomatic complexity for this code
    3. [ code ]: refactor this code to change cyclomatic complexity to [ desired cyclomatic complexity ]
    4. [ code ]: refactor this code using [ coding convention ]
    5. share 5 best practices for refactoring large and complex codebases
    6. act as an expert coder in [ language ]. now list 5 common code smells and for each code smell, list 3 best practices to solve them
    7. act as an expert agile developer. now create 10 best practices for integrating agile workflows into a [ language / library / framework / stack ] project
    8. list step by step instructions for refactoring converting [ type of architecture ] into [ another type of architecture ]
    9. provide 5 ways in which developers can measure the impact of their refactoring efforts
    10. list 10 tips for refactoring spagheti code in [ language / library / framework / stack ]
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  • Algorithms

    1. explain [ algorithm ] using analogies for a 5 year old
    2. explain [ algorithm ] using analogies for [ language / library / framework ] developer
    3. explain [ algorithm ] using analogies to a genetic engineer
    4. write step by step instructions to explain [ algorithm ] to [ persona / profession ]
    5. provide [ number ] differences between [ algorithm 1 ] and [ algorithm 2 ]. explain with analogies to a 5 year old / [ persona, profession ]
    6. provide the top [ number ] algorithms to be used in [ scneraio / problem statement ]
    7. list [ number ] algorithms commonly used in [ scenario / field of study / subject ]
    8. provide a bullet list of techniques for analyzing time and space complexity of algorithms. explain each technique using analogies for a [ 5 year old / profession / persona ]
    9. give me [ number ] ways to implement [ algorithm ] in [ language ]
    10. create a new algorithm based on [ list of algorithms ] to solve [ scenario / problem statement ] given these constraints; [ list of constraints ]
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