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The Text Editor is Dead. The Era of the Agentic Architect Has Arrived. Are you still writing code line-by-line? The paradigm has shifted. Google Antigravity has transformed the IDE from a passive editor into an active intelligence engine, and the role of the software engineer has changed forever-from writing syntax to orchestrating logic. Google Antigravity: The Definitive Guide is the first comprehensive handbook for the ""Agent-First"" era. It doesn't just teach you which buttons to click; it teaches you how to think, architect, and deliver software at a scale previously impossible for a single developer. Powered by Gemini 3, Antigravity allows you to dispatch fleets of autonomous agents to handle database migrations, frontend implementation, and security auditing simultaneously. But power requires control. This book is your manual for taming that power. In this definitive guide, you will learn how to: Master the ""Manager vs. Maker"" Shift: Stop typing syntax and start writing ""Mission Specs""-the new source code that directs autonomous agents to build exactly what you envision. Orchestrate Multi-Agent Systems: deploy specialized crews-a Database Agent, a Backend Agent, and a Frontend Agent-to work in parallel, managing dependencies and resolving conflicts in real-time. Architect with the Shadow Workspace: leverage Antigravity's isolated forking system to let agents experiment, break things, and fix them without ever touching your production kernel. Implement ""Self-Healing"" Test Loops: instruct agents to write tests, run them, observe failures via headless browsers, and rewrite their own code until the build passes. Secure the Autonomy: configure professional agent.yaml policies to create ""Personas"" (like Security Auditors), whitelist terminal commands, and manage secrets via Docker sandboxes. Build ""Project Lighthouse"" - A Real-World Capstone Theory is useless without practice. Part 4 of this book walks you through Project Lighthouse, a full-stack maritime tracking application built entirely through orchestration. You will watch as agents scaffold the monorepo, implement PostgreSQL schemas, connect React frontends, and deploy to production-all driven by your high-level architectural prompts. Exclusive Resources Included: The ""Mission Spec"" Cheat Sheet: Copy-paste templates for defining robust, hallucination-proof agent missions. Production agent.yaml Configurations: Ready-to-use security and persona setups for React, Python/FastAPI, and Go. Who This Book Is For: This book is for Senior Developers, Software Architects, and Tech Leads who are ready to multiply their output, eliminate repetitive toil, and become the architects of intelligent systems. Stop coding. Start orchestrating.

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