SDF's SoroPG Academy teaches AI-assisted Soroban smart contract development with human control at the center. The lesson: establish a baseline, ask AI for one narrow testable change, review the code, run tests, and only deploy once you fully understand the result. AI accelerates development without replacing developer responsibility.
SoroPG Academy walks through practical AI-assisted Soroban smart contract development with an emphasis on developer control and understanding. The core principle: AI is a focused coding partner, not a contract rewriter. The workflow: establish a clean baseline with passing tests, ask AI for one specific testable edit (not broad improvements), review every line of generated code, run the unit tests, use any errors as feedback for precise follow-up prompts, and retain manual control over the deployment decision. The tutorial demonstrates adding a goodbye function to a hello-world contract while emphasizing code review, test coverage, compiler feedback loops, and human judgment on deployment readiness. The lesson applies at all contract complexity levels: at scale with storage, authorization, and admin logic, developer understanding becomes even more critical before shipping to a network.
