Learn Claude Code by doing: 5 real exercises with copy-paste solutions

Learn Claude Code by doing: 5 real exercises with copy-paste solutions Everyone has opinions about Claude Code. "It's amazing." "It deleted my repo." "It saved me 3 hours." Here's what actually matters: you learn it by using it, not by reading about it. These are 5 exercises I run with every new Claude Code setup. Each one teaches you something specific. Each one has a copy-paste solution you can verify against. Exercise 1: Make it explain code you don't understand The task: Find the most confusing function in your codebase. Ask Claude Code to explain it — but also ask it to write a test that proves its explanation is correct. Why this works: This forces Claude to commit to an interpretation. If the test passes, the explanation is probably right. If it fails, you've learned something. Prompt: Explain what this function does, then write a test that would only pass if your explanation is correct: [paste function here] What you learn: Claude Code is most useful when you force it to be ver