Prompt Driven Development with Claude Code: Building a Complete TUI Framework for the Ring Programming Language

[Mahmoud Fayed]

Hello

Since we are in the age of AI and everyone is talking about Claude Code, I decided to run a real experiment by developing something that isn’t trivial and documenting it.

Title: Prompt Driven Development with Claude Code: Building a Complete TUI Framework for the Ring Programming Language

URL: [2601.17584] Prompt Driven Development with Claude Code: Building a Complete TUI Framework for the Ring Programming Language

PDF: 2601.17584

Abstract: 

Large language models are increasingly used in software development, yet their ability to generate and maintain large, multi-module systems through natural language interaction remains insufficiently characterized. This study presents an empirical analysis of developing a 7420-line Terminal User Interface framework for the Ring programming language, completed in roughly ten hours of active work spread across three days using a purely prompt driven workflow with Claude Code, Opus 4.5. The system was produced through 107 prompts: 21 feature requests, 72 bug fix prompts, 9 prompts sharing information from Ring documentation, 4 prompts providing architectural guidance, and 1 prompt dedicated to generating documentation. Development progressed across five phases, with the Window Manager phase requiring the most interaction, followed by complex UI systems and controls expansion. Bug related prompts covered redraw issues, event handling faults, runtime errors, and layout inconsistencies, while feature requests focused primarily on new widgets, window manager capabilities, and advanced UI components. Most prompts were short, reflecting a highly iterative workflow in which the human role was limited to specifying requirements, validating behaviour, and issuing corrective prompts without writing any code manually. The resulting framework includes a complete windowing subsystem, event driven architecture, interactive widgets, hierarchical menus, grid and tree components, tab controls, and a multi window desktop environment. By combining quantitative prompt analysis with qualitative assessment of model behaviour, this study provides empirical evidence that modern LLMs can sustain architectural coherence and support the construction of production grade tooling for emerging programming languages, highlighting prompt driven development as a viable methodology within software engineering practice.

Source Code: ringpackages/tuiframeworkusingclaudecode: TUI Framework for the Ring programming language - Developed 100% using prompt-driven development (Claude Code - Opus 4.5)

Note: This TUI framework is developed and tested for Microsoft Windows, to work on another operating system like Linux will requires testing & modifications (This could be done in a few hours/days by interested developers)

Screen Shots:

Greetings,

Mahmoud

[Mansour Ayouni]

Hello Mahmoud,

Congratulations for this study!

The TUI is fun to use and the code is well architectured.

Best,

Mansour

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[Mahmoud Fayed]

Hello Mansour

>> "Congratulations for this study!"

>> "The TUI is fun to use, and the code is well architectured."

You are welcome :D

Greetings,

Mahmoud

[Ka mara]

Hello Mahmoud,

Claude Code is a real game changer, and the development of a complete TUI framework shows it's capabilities.

On Claude ai, I was also able to generate a cards game with which has 3 modes (Basic, Advanced & Expert) of about 1500 lines of ring code

Regards,
Tim

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[Youssef Saeed]

Hello Mahmoud,

This is an impressive experiment! Building a 7,000+ line framework in just 10 hours is a remarkable demonstration of the power of Prompt Driven Development.

Congratulations on the result!

Best regards,
Youssef

[Mahmoud Fayed]

Hello Tim

>> "On Claude ai, I was also able to generate a cards game with which has 3 modes (Basic, Advanced & Expert) of about 1500 lines of ring code"

This is fantastic, feel free to share the game (screen shots or the source code) at any time, this will encourage more people to adopt modern technology :D

Greetings,

Mahmoud

[Mahmoud Fayed]

Hello Youssef

>> " This is an impressive experiment! Building a 7,000+ line framework in just 10 hours is a remarkable demonstration of the power of Prompt Driven Development."
>> "Congratulations on the result!"

You are welcome :D

Greetings,

Mahmoud

[Ka mara]

Hallo, Mahmoud et al,

This is the cards game generated using prompts and Claude ai. I made few adjustments to include rules about the game.
Feel free to explore the game;
https://github.com/timk6/Matatu-Cards-Game

And some screenshots
https://github.com/timk6/Matatu-Cards-Game/tree/main/screenshots

Regards
Tim

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[Mahmoud Fayed]

Hello Tim

>> "This is the cards game generated using prompts and Claude ai. I made few adjustments to include rules about the game."

Thanks for sharing :D

Keep up the GREAT WORK :D

Greetings,

Mahmoud

[Ka mara]

Hallo, Mahmoud,

Thanks for the encouragement.
I Will keep on track with ring cod.

Tim

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[Mahmoud Fayed]

Hello Tim

You are welcome :D

Greetings,

Mahmoud

[Liam OBrien]

Hi Tim,

Just a suggestion: include the URL (https://justafoodblog.com/the-ugandan-matatu-card-game-a-guide-to-playing/) in the README so that anyone checking out the repo can understand what the game is about BEFORE trying out the game application itself. 

Kind Regards,
Liam

[Ka mara]

Hallo Liam,

Thanks for the suggestion,
The game also comes with the about/rules button. I will also include the rules in the readme

Regards
Tim

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