Vibe Coding: Software Engineering in the Age of AI

This Open Access textbook explains AI-native software engineering. It will be valuable for practitioners in all areas of software engineering, teaching them the fundamentals of LLMs and showing them the challenges faced by developers in the new software engineering domain. The chapters are structured into parts on Vibe Coding and the AI Substrate; Foundations and Tooling for AI-Native Software Engineering; From Models to a Working Implementation; and Applied Vibe Coding, Case Studies, and Safety.

This is among the first software engineering textbooks designed to be read by both humans and AI agents. The humans will find engineering principles, worked examples, and practical guidance. The agents will find structured processes, explicit quality criteria, and almost markdown-ready workflows that they can execute. If the boundary between those two audiences blurs over time, the editors and authors will consider that a sign of success.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3032399068
• ISBN13: 9783032399069
• Release Date: April 2027
• Publisher: Springer