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Prompt Templates -- Your Reusable Toolkit
3.1🔒Why Templates Are EssentialWriting a great prompt from scratch every time is wasteful. Prompt templates are reusable, parameterized prompts that encode your team's…
3.2🔒Template 1: Requirements-to-TestsUse when: You have a user story with acceptance criteria and need a full test suite.
3.3🔒Template 2: API Schema-to-TestsUse when: You have an OpenAPI/Swagger schema and need endpoint tests.
3.4🔒Template 3: Test-Driven Prompting (TDD)Use when: You want to describe desired behavior and get both tests and implementation. Ideal for TDD workflows and interview demonstrations.
3.5🔒Template 4: Mutation-Aware Test GenerationUse when: You need tests with high bug-detection capability, especially for critical code paths (payments, auth, data integrity).
3.6🔒Treat Prompts Like CodeStoring templates in tests/prompts/ and versioning them in git is the floor, not the ceiling. Your templates determine the quality of every…
3.7🔒Q&ASelf-Assessment Quiz1. What are the four prompt templates covered in this chapter? 2. When would you use the TDD template vs the Requirements-to-Tests…
3.8🔒Key Takeaways- Templates turn prompt engineering from a creative exercise into a repeatable engineering practice - The four templates cover the most…
3.9🔒ExercisesExercise 3.1 (Beginner): Use Template 1 (Requirements-to-Tests) with a user story from your current project. Generate tests and count: how…
3.10🔒Career Translation- Created and maintained a library of four reusable prompt templates (Requirements-to-Tests, API Schema-to-Tests, TDD, Mutation-Aware) that…
3.11🔒Q&AInterview Depth CheckPrompt: You need to generate tests for a new API endpoint. Walk me through how you select and customize a prompt template for the task…