01 - Claude: Foundation and Technical Partner

Learn to use Claude as a development partner: available models, prompt engineering, XML tags, Chain of Thought and environment setup with Spring Boot and Angular examples.

What you'll learn

• Leverage Claude's reasoning capabilities for better design decisions
• Structure prompts that produce consistent, high-quality results
• Set up effective context through CLAUDE.md and project files
• Use Claude for architecture, testing, documentation, and deployment
• Develop the right mindset for AI-assisted development

This article is part of the Claude series on federicocalo.dev.

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➡️ 01 - Claude: Foundation and Technical Partner

https://federicocalo.dev/en/blog/claude-foundation-technical-partner

By Federico Calò — Software Developer & Technical Writer