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First Look: Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5

Explore Claude 4.5 Opus and learn how to apply its deep reasoning, long-context handling, and multi-agent capabilities to real-world development workflows.

Beginner
15m

Created by Ian Marshall

Last Updated Dec 08, 2025

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First Look: Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5

Explore Claude 4.5 Opus and learn how to apply its deep reasoning, long-context handling, and multi-agent capabilities to real-world development workflows.

Beginner
15m

Created by Ian Marshall

Last Updated Dec 08, 2025

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What you'll learn

AI model releases are accelerating—but few meaningfully shift how developers work. In this course, Claude 4.5 Opus: Capabilities for Developers, you’ll learn how to apply Opus to complex coding and reasoning tasks.

First, you’ll explore Claude’s extended context window, persistent memory, and effort parameter. Next, you’ll see how to use it for real-world tasks like code generation, agent delegation, and long-form conversation. Finally, you’ll evaluate its performance, integration options, and cost trade-offs.

When you’re finished with this course, you’ll understand how to make Claude 4.5 Opus part of your development workflow.

Software required: Claude API access with support for Opus 4.5. Optional: Claude Developer Platform, Claude Code, and integrations for browser and spreadsheets.

First Look: Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5
Beginner
15m
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Web dev and educator since last millennium, Ian has created technical training content for Pluralsight, Google, and thousands of private clients.

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