# A Practical Introduction to Agentic Coding

**URL:** <https://on.acm.org/t/a-practical-introduction-to-agentic-coding/3512>\
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**Created:** [February 12, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://on.acm.org/t/a-practical-introduction-to-agentic-coding/3512 "2026-02-12T14:28:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://on.acm.org/t/a-practical-introduction-to-agentic-coding/3512/1 "2026-02-12T14:28:24Z")

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Title: A Practical Introduction to Agentic Coding

Date: March 11, 2026

Duration: 1HR

Speaker: Marlene Mhangami

[Registration Link](https://events.zoom.us/ev/AlSncoNtWRs379zs7DhmO7Vx06aIhJTLKjHgPalxfOogi5EIxLaz~Arw-Hs_hU-WWGS-xxmS1nPCFV1l6KNfiMzJ2ccfiMbmHOCI06hABafBPBQ)

[Inside Agentic AI: Foundations and Frontiers](https://share.percipio.com/cd/pgtFebUNP) (free Percipio course for ACM Members with Skills Bundle)  
[Agentic AI Mastery](https://share.percipio.com/cd/Z6-_uYure) (free Percipio journey for ACM Members with Skills Bundle)  
[Agentic AI Design Patterns: Reusable Blueprints for Smarter Systems](https://share.percipio.com/cd/0hyCyXw3A) (free Percipio course for ACM Members with Skills Bundle)  
[First Look: Agentic Coding with Codex + GPT-5 Pro](https://share.percipio.com/cd/3oKxIOh1l) (free Percipio course for ACM Members with Skills Bundle)  
[Building Applications with AI Agents](https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/building-applications-with/9781098176495/) (free O’Reilly book for ACM Members with Skills Bundle)

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**Author:** ![jameskay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/acm/user_avatar/on.acm.org/jameskay/32/1549_2.png) [@jameskay](https://on.acm.org/u/jameskay)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://on.acm.org/t/a-practical-introduction-to-agentic-coding/3512/2 "2026-02-26T03:55:19Z")

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You NEED to look again at your time setting! You will have moved to EST which is UTC-4 which translates to 10 AM MST, NOT 9 AM MST!

I thought you would like to know about this!

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**Author:** ![jameskay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/acm/user_avatar/on.acm.org/jameskay/32/1549_2.png) [@jameskay](https://on.acm.org/u/jameskay)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://on.acm.org/t/a-practical-introduction-to-agentic-coding/3512/3 "2026-02-26T04:02:12Z")

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Correction! You will not be 1700 UTC, you will be 1600 UTC using EST!

The MST of 0900 is correct.

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**Author:** ![jameskay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/acm/user_avatar/on.acm.org/jameskay/32/1549_2.png) [@jameskay](https://on.acm.org/u/jameskay)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://on.acm.org/t/a-practical-introduction-to-agentic-coding/3512/4 "2026-02-26T04:04:51Z")

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and again! Using EDT you will be UTC-4

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**Author:** ![ACM-Learning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@ACM-Learning](https://on.acm.org/u/ACM-Learning)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://on.acm.org/t/a-practical-introduction-to-agentic-coding/3512/5 "2026-02-26T18:05:15Z")

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Thanks, James. 12 pm UTC/16:00 is correct, we will fix the UTC time in announcements.