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The Modern Software Developer
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The Modern Software Developer

Ship real products with AI coding agents.

A hands-on path from a one-line idea to a tested, secured, cloud-deployed application, built with coding agents like Claude Code. Covers the agentic-era workflow, Claude Skills, MCP servers, PRD-driven development, secure vibe coding, testing, and CI/CD to AWS.

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36 capsules128 figures~6 hoursby Dr. Raj Dandekar

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00The New Era of Software Development5 capsules

The New Era of Software Development — 5 chapters.

01Why the Modern Developer Is Differentintuitionfree10 min02Software 1.2: The Hand-Coded Craft Eraconceptfree11 min03Software 1.5: The ChatGPT Eraconcept🔒9 min04Software 1.8: The Cursor Eraconcept🔒11 min05Software 2.0: The Agentic Eraintuition🔒10 min
01Coding Agents & Claude Code5 capsules

Coding Agents & Claude Code — 5 chapters.

06The Anatomy of a Coding Agentconcept🔒11 min07The Model vs. the Toolsconcept🔒10 min08Hands-On with Claude Codeproject🔒10 min09What Are Claude Skills?concept🔒11 min10Building Your First Claude Skillcode🔒10 min
02MCP Servers: Reusable Integrations5 capsules

MCP Servers: Reusable Integrations — 5 chapters.

11Why MCP Servers Existconcept🔒10 min12Tools and Parameterized Function Callscode🔒10 min13Local vs. External Data & Privacy Boundariesconcept🔒10 min14Setup Overhead and Tool-Sophistication Limitsdeep-dive🔒10 min15Build and Connect Your Own MCP Serverproject🔒10 min
03PRD-Driven Agentic Engineering6 capsules

PRD-Driven Agentic Engineering — 6 chapters.

16The Agentic Engineering Workflowconcept🔒11 min17What Is a PRD and Why Agents Need Oneconcept🔒11 min18Creating the PRD Skillcode🔒11 min19The Dev Skill and Test-Driven Developmentcode🔒10 min20The Walkthrough Skillcode🔒10 min21Idea to Product: A Full PRD-Driven Buildproject🔒10 min
04AI Testing, Security & Secure Vibe Coding6 capsules

AI Testing, Security & Secure Vibe Coding — 6 chapters.

22The Risks of Vibe Codingintuition🔒10 min23Classes of Software Vulnerabilitiesconcept🔒11 min24Static & Dependency Scanningcode🔒10 min25AI-Assisted Manual Code Reviewconcept🔒10 min26Security Hardening: From v1 to v2project🔒10 min27The Testing Pyramidconcept🔒12 min
05Deployment, DevOps & CI/CD6 capsules

Deployment, DevOps & CI/CD — 6 chapters.

28From Local to Public: What Changesconcept🔒12 min29Continuous Integration (CI)code🔒12 min30End-to-End Testing with Playwrightcode🔒11 min31Continuous Deployment (CD)concept🔒11 min32Infrastructure with Docker & Terraformcode🔒12 min33Deploying to AWSproject🔒11 min
06Putting It Together & What's Next3 capsules

Putting It Together & What's Next — 3 chapters.

34The Full Pipeline, End to Endproject🔒12 min35Preparing for the Claude Certified Architect Examconcept🔒10 min36What's Next for the Modern Developerintuition🔒10 min

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Mei Lin
2 weeks ago

Rare mix of depth and readability. The worked examples are the clearest I have seen on this subject.

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Fatima Zahra
3 months ago

I read the free preview on a whim and ended up finishing the whole thing in two sittings. Superb pacing.

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Sofia Reyes
4 months ago

Finally a book that explains the hard parts without hand-waving. The figures alone are worth it.