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AI Debugging and Test-Driven fixes

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AI Debugging and Test-Driven fixes

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Apply AI-assisted debugging with systematic verification, understanding both AI tool strengths and hallucination risks when generating code fixes

  • Use test-driven debugging to isolate bugs, define defects precisely through failing test cases, and verify fixes prevent regressions

  • Gather debugging context through structured logging, code architecture analysis, and documentation to guide AI tools toward accurate diagnosis

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April 2026

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Taught in English

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There are 3 modules in this course

Learn to debug software systematically using AI tools combined with test-driven development strategies. You will explore why AI debugging is useful for pattern recognition across large codebases, and understand the challenges with AI output including hallucination risks and the importance of verifying AI-generated suggestions against actual code behavior. The course covers project architecture analysis as a prerequisite for effective debugging, using documentation to provide AI tools with project-specific context that narrows suggestions and reduces hallucination. You will apply test-driven debugging where tests isolate buggy components, define bugs precisely through failing test cases, and verify fixes without regressions. The test-first approach demonstrates how writing a failing test before fixing a bug ensures the fix addresses the actual problem. The advanced module covers context gathering techniques that provide AI tools with logs, traces, and code history for accurate diagnosis, structured logging designed for both human and AI consumption, and finding debugging direction through contextual analysis rather than undirected AI queries. You will explore proactive bug hunting using AI to discover unknown defects by analyzing source code for potential issues ranked by severity. The course concludes with a complete framework integrating testing, context gathering, logging, and AI analysis into a unified debugging workflow. By completing this course, you will be able to combine test-driven development with AI-assisted debugging to find, reproduce, and fix bugs systematically.

Covers debugging, AI, overview, useful, and patterns.

What's included

15 videos6 readings1 assignment

15 videosβ€’Total 47 minutes
  • Course Introductionβ€’0 minutes
  • Why AI Debugging Is Usefulβ€’5 minutes
  • Challenges with AI Outputβ€’4 minutes
  • Exploring the Projectβ€’4 minutes
  • Conclusionβ€’1 minute
  • Overview of Issues to Fixβ€’1 minute
  • Architecture of the Projectβ€’4 minutes
  • Documentation for Debuggingβ€’5 minutes
  • Conclusionβ€’1 minute
  • Introductionβ€’1 minute
  • The Importance of Testingβ€’4 minutes
  • Easier Debugging with Testsβ€’6 minutes
  • Simple Fixing with Testingβ€’6 minutes
  • Defining a Bug with a Testβ€’6 minutes
  • Conclusionβ€’1 minute
6 readingsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Key Termsβ€’10 minutes
  • Reflectionβ€’10 minutes
  • Key Termsβ€’10 minutes
  • Reflectionβ€’10 minutes
  • Key Termsβ€’10 minutes
  • Reflectionβ€’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • Getting started with Debuggingβ€’10 minutes

What's included

8 videos4 readings1 assignment

8 videosβ€’Total 24 minutes
  • Introductionβ€’1 minute
  • Gathering Context for Debuggingβ€’6 minutes
  • Finding Direction with Contextβ€’6 minutes
  • Helping AI with Loggingβ€’3 minutes
  • Conclusionβ€’1 minute
  • Introductionβ€’1 minute
  • Exploring Potential Unknown Bugsβ€’3 minutes
  • Overview of Debugging and Testing with AIβ€’3 minutes
4 readingsβ€’Total 40 minutes
  • Key Termsβ€’10 minutes
  • Reflectionβ€’10 minutes
  • Key Termsβ€’10 minutes
  • Reflectionβ€’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • Advanced Debuggingβ€’10 minutes

What's included

1 video1 reading1 assignment

1 videoβ€’Total 2 minutes
  • Course Conclusionβ€’2 minutes
1 readingβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • Next stepsβ€’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • AI Debuggingβ€’10 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

No prior AI tool experience is required. The course introduces AI-assisted debugging from fundamentals, demonstrating how to use AI for bug identification, code analysis, and fix suggestions while understanding the limitations and verification steps required.

The course uses Python projects with pytest for demonstrations, but the debugging strategies and AI integration patterns apply to any programming language. The focus is on the methodology of combining testing with AI debugging rather than language-specific syntax.

AI debugging excels at pattern recognition across large codebases, analyzing 1500+ lines of output to identify potential issues ranked by severity. The course teaches how to provide AI tools with structured context through documentation and logging, then verify suggestions through tests rather than trusting AI output blindly.

To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.

When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.

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