Let’s start by jumping in and building something quickly. Follow along with the video or use the steps below.
It’s traditional as a developer (and with Origin that’s exactly what you now are - congrats!) to build a “HELLO WORLD” application as your first attempt in a new language. A “HELLO WORLD” app is a simple webpage with the text: “HELLO WORLD” in the middle. We’re going to spice our example up a little by including a background image of your favourite place in the world.
Log in to Origin, and click the “Create new Solution” button on the top left of the solutions page.
This will open up your creation environment and connect you with your first AI architect.
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AI architects are expensive machines, so we manage them carefully, shutting them down when they aren’t required. At peak times, when you hit “Create new solution” you may see a message counting down a short delay while we spin up a new AI architect - but most of the time it should be near instant.
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The architect will first prepare a “blank canvas” for you. A blank canvas is blank application that acts as a starting point. Your work will replace this blank canvas.
When the architect has finished setting up the blank canvas it will ask : “What should we build next?”.
Try out a variation of the following prompt to create your first application:
Give me a webpage with the text: "HELLO WORLD" centered vertically and horizontally in the middle of the page in big white letters. In the background there should be a full page image of Paris at night
Don’t like Paris? Feel free to substitute it for anywhere else in the world you like. Why night time? It gives better contrast for the text 😂
Now hit enter or click the arrow button to send the message to the architect and let it take care of the rest, moving you through each stage of the build process automatically until it finally dispays the finished, and entirely unique website for you.
PRO TIP: Not sure what other things to try out of the gate? Here at Origin HQ we use the following test cases to make sure Origin is producing good results. Use them to give you inspiration!: