{"id":27693,"date":"2023-08-03T11:44:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/?p=27693"},"modified":"2023-08-03T11:44:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:44:19","slug":"ai-programming-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/ai-programming-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"6 AI Programming Tools You Should Know How to Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tools to help developers write and debug code faster and better aren\u2019t necessarily a new thing.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code editors and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrated Development Environments<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (IDEs), for example, make it easier to write and debug code. Code editors include tools like Sublime Text, Atom, and Visual Studio Code, while IDEs include tools like Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and PyCharm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/ai-and-web-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI won&#8217;t replace programmers anytime soon<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/is-frontend-development-dying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">frontend development isn&#8217;t dying<\/a>, it has made these features more versatile, resulting in a new breed of AI programming tools that can offer much more than basic IDE features.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a programmer, which tools would help you in your day-to-day work or learning? Should you even trust their accuracy? What specific tasks can the tools help you achieve?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We delve into these questions and more in our guide to some of the best AI programming tools out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"#what-are-ai-programming-tools\">What are AI programming tools?<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"#benefits-of-using-ai-programming-tools\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefits of using AI programming tools<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"#considerations-when-using-ai-programming-tools\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Considerations when using AI programming tools<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"#top-ai-programming-tools-you-should-know\">6 top AI programming tools you should know<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"#choosing-the-right-ai-programming-tool\">Choosing the right AI programming tool<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"#wrap-up\">Wrap-up<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"what-are-ai-programming-tools\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What are AI programming tools?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI programming tools refer to software that helps developers write, test, and debug code. These tools have different features that are applicable in various use cases, ranging from code analysis and review, <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/what-is-debugging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debugging<\/a>, refactoring, and testing, to code generation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stackoverflow.blog\/2023\/06\/14\/hype-or-not-developers-have-something-to-say-about-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, developers use AI to write (83%) or debug code (49%).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most AI coding tools are language models that <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/chatgpt-coding-prompts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">use prompts to generate code snippets<\/a>. They\u2019re trained on large datasets with lots of code bases in <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/ai-programming-languages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a variety of programming languages<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, Codex, the model on which Github\u2019s Copilot is built, was trained via public repositories on GitHub (about 54 million) and with over 12 billion data points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI tools already have the \u201cmemory\u201d of the code and can retrieve it for you. They\u2019re also able to work with new scenarios, using the acquired knowledge to generate specific code snippets based on the prompts a developer gives.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefits of using AI programming tools<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With such widespread use of AI tools, are there benefits to using them, or are we better off without them? The<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stack Overflow survey<\/span> also<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> showed that an increase in productivity was the main benefit developers reaped from using AI coding tools (32.81%).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other benefits included faster learning (25.71%), greater efficiency (24.96%), improved coding accuracy (13.31%), and improved collaboration (3.75%).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27699\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27699 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/benefits-of-ai-tools-survey.png\" alt=\"Results of the StackOverflow Survey showing perceived benefits of AI programming tools.\" width=\"512\" height=\"269\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/benefits-of-ai-tools-survey.png 512w, https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/benefits-of-ai-tools-survey-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/stackoverflow.blog\/2023\/06\/14\/hype-or-not-developers-have-something-to-say-about-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stack Overflow<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI tools can help developers create more secure code bases. They can use the extra time gained from using AI to focus on security and vulnerabilities in their code. Better still, use AI to identify vulnerabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI development tools could also save developers considerable amounts of time, for example, by helping with debugging, which is one of the most time-consuming parts of the code workflow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These coding tools can result in higher-quality code that\u2019s readable, performant, and easy to maintain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is because developers can use AI programming software to refactor code and take care of redundancy. AI programming assistants can also help ensure maximum test coverage. If any changes are made to the code, then it won\u2019t break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI tools can also help developers understand what a code snippet means, especially if they\u2019re not familiar with a programming language. Some tools can even generate comments and documentation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"considerations-when-using-ai-programming-tools\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Considerations when using AI programming tools<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While AI programming tools can greatly benefit developers and the <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/what-is-sdlc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)<\/a>, there are a few things to keep in mind when using them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Biases<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/data-analytics\/machine-learning-models\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Machine Learning (ML) models,<\/a> which are what power AI coding assistants, need to be trained with copious amounts of data. That\u2019s how they learn to predict different scenarios or outcomes. The training data set that\u2019s used when training the AI models, however, can be biased.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of this bias stems from incomplete data. For example, GitHub\u2019s Copilot was trained using public repositories on GitHub.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the repositories might have been complete projects, and others might have been snippets. There was no way to verify that each of the repositories was a complete project with a setup that fit industry best practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that AI programming tools could be biased toward certain aspects based on the parameters they were trained on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Accuracy<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI tools aren\u2019t always accurate. You, therefore, need to validate the suggestions, information, and even code snippets generated by these tools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember that the datasets that they\u2019re trained on may be inaccurate, and this will reflect in the responses to the prompts you give AI tools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tools might also not be up-to-date. The models might have been trained a year ago, and some of the information might have become obsolete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There have also been cases of AI tools citing non-existent sources, so you need to double-check everything.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Context<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another thing to keep in mind when using AI coding tools is context. The models don\u2019t have the context you\u2019re working with.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might be building a web application that uses a database like <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/data-analytics\/what-is-postgresql\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PostgreSQL<\/a>, for example, and that you want to deploy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AI tool doesn\u2019t have full context, for example, about the operating system you\u2019re using, the programming language, the versions, or where you want to deploy your application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While you might do your best to give context via prompts, the tool could misdirect you, as it&#8217;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s more suited for simple problems that are absolutely localized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Legal implications<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The machine learning training models might use copyrighted information unknowingly. You might end up using copyrighted code <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/28\/23575919\/microsoft-openai-github-dismiss-copilot-ai-copyright-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that could result in lawsuits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some countries and even learning institutions have banned the use of AI-assisted coding tools, as it&#8217;s seen as plagiarism. It&#8217;s important to keep an eye on developments in this area, as they are moving quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And big tech has growing concerns about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/19\/apple-reportedly-limits-internal-use-of-ai-powered-tools-like-chatgpt-and-github-copilot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">private company data being leaked to AI tools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, resulting in their employees being barred from using them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Dependence on AI tools<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning institutions have also expressed their unease with students using AI tools when they\u2019re not proficient in coding. This is because it inhibits learning and comprehension, resulting in students relying on AI tools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are ongoing conversations, however, about how to best integrate AI into learning. Some faculty members also think that students who are already proficient in coding could use AI assistance without running the risk of becoming overly dependent on it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"top-ai-programming-tools-you-should-know\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. 6 top AI programming tools you should know<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the top AI coding tools? In this section, we explore AI coding assistants based on features like IDE integration, pricing, the models used to train them, and use cases like code completion, refactoring, and debugging, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/features\/copilot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GitHub Copilot<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GitHub Copilot is an AI assistant whose main focus is code completion. The tool was trained using the Codex model, using billions of lines of code.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Key Features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code completion<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing tests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IDE integration<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copilot helps you write code faster by completing code blocks. If you\u2019re writing a function, for example, it can help you complete the rest of the syntax, which is faster than having to type it all out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This AI tool also works for writing tests. It can generate the tests after you prompt it, saving you considerable amounts of time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copilot is built to integrate with several IDEs, for example, JetBrains and Visual Studio, as an extension.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also generates code suggestions in several programming languages, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/introduction-to-javascript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JavaScript<\/a>, Go, <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/reasons-to-learn-python\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Python<\/a>, and Ruby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use the extension on your desktop or in the cloud (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.github.com\/en\/codespaces\/getting-started\/deep-dive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GitHub CodeSpaces<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to pricing, GitHub Copilot has free and paid plans. It&#8217;s completely free for maintainers of popular open-source projects and verified students. There are different pricing tiers for individuals and organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the near future, Copilot will be more robust with the launch of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.blog\/2023-03-22-github-copilot-x-the-ai-powered-developer-experience\/#:~:text=GitHub%20Copilot%20is%20evolving%20to,a%20more%20personalized%20developer%20experience.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GitHub Copilot X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an AI assistant that can fully integrate into the SDLC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to using GPT-4 as its power source, Copilot X will also support command-line installation and add additional features like chat, voice, pull requests, and documentation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Copilot chat beta is now available for organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabnine.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TabNine<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TabNine is a code completion tool that adapts to your codebase, making the suggestions precise and relevant to your context. It\u2019s able to generate both singular lines of code and long code blocks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Key features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code completion<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IDE integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connection to your code\u2019s repo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AI coding tool was trained using open-source repositories and is modular, as it uses a set of language models working in tandem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TabNine built models for each of the supported programming languages, making the code suggestions precise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use this AI tool for programming to train your own model using code from your very own repositories on platforms like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/about.gitlab.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GitLab<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/product\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BitBucket<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and GitHub. This would generate suggestions based on your coding style.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TabNine users have several options when it comes to where they want to run the AI tool: in the cloud, on local PCs or desktop computers, or on self-hosted servers for Enterprise users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This AI tool is also keen on the security of its users code. They explicitly declare that they don\u2019t use the code you\u2019re writing to train their models and don\u2019t collect any information about your code or the suggestions the tool makes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TabNine integrates with a variety of IDEs, ranging from RubyMine, WebStorm, GoLand, Eclipse, CLion, and Android Studio, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tool has free, Pro, and Enterprise versions. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabnine.com\/blog\/say-hello-to-tabnine-chat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tabnine Chat Beta<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was announced in June 2023 for Enterprise users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/codeium.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Codeium<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Codeium is the new kid on the block among AI code completion tools, having <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/codeium.com\/blog\/beta-launch-announcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">launched its beta<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> back in late October 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Key features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code completion<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IDE integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to search your code repo using \u201cnatural language.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s available as an extension on multiple IDEs or on the Chrome browser. So far, it has been integrated with 40+ editors, including Visual Studio Code, Emacs, Databricks, PhpStorm, and XCode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This AI programming tool\u2019s ML models were trained with over 70 programming languages, for example, Python, Elixir, Kotlin, Perl, Assembly, Ruby, Typescript, and JavaScript.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to code completion, Codeium boasts other features like the ability to generate docstrings, unit test generation, and the ability to search your code repo using \u201cnatural language\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An interesting aspect is that Codeium aims to provide its individual tier for free, forever. They&#8217;re, however, working on an enterprise tier, with the possibility of a pro one in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Codeium was trained on \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/codeium.com\/blog\/copilot-trains-on-gpl-codeium-does-not\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">non-permissive code<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, which doesn\u2019t violate the General Public License (GPL). Their model has parameters that can identify code with \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/codeium.com\/blog\/copilot-trains-on-gpl-codeium-does-not\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">explicit GPL licenses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. The team also removed repos that copied code from GPL-licensed repos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Codeium has a chat feature that\u2019s currently only available via the VSCode extension. In addition to natural language prompts, you can also refactor code and add documentation. Codeium Chat, however, uses Open AI APIs, unlike their \u201cmain\u201d model.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company is only allowing the chat feature to be used if you\u2019ve enabled code snippet telemetry as part of its commitment to security and privacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They also claim not to use private code to train their models. They cap the length of code blocks generated by the tool in order to minimize \u201cregurgitated code\u201d. They\u2019re also removing anything that might be considered personal information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Codeium Chat works with any programming language.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/snyk.io\/platform\/deepcode-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snyk&#8217;s DeepCode AI<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DeepCode AI is a code review, analysis, and debugging tool that brands itself as the \u201cGrammarly for programmers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Key features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code review<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IDE integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connection to your code\u2019s repo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can \u201cscan\u201d your code repositories, identify issues with your code, and give suggestions that you can implement right from your IDE. It supports 11 programming languages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since DeepCode AI\u2019s acquisition by Snyk, there\u2019s been a keen focus on security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DeepCode now powers a suite of tools that can help identify security vulnerabilities in your code, suggest fixes, and even help you prioritize the fixes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can search the code for specific problems and save the search for future use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More advanced features include compiling third-party dependencies for your open-source or container projects, a CLI tool that generates metadata and overall descriptions of vulnerabilities, and a compilation of the context of a vulnerability, helping prioritize fixes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DeepCode AI\u2019s models were trained using millions of lines of code from open-source projects. The models are never trained using customer data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security experts monitored the training data set to ensure that it didn\u2019t contain vulnerabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/visualstudio.microsoft.com\/services\/intellicode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual Studio IntelliCode<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intellicode is an AI-advanced version of the IntelliSense feature in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Key features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code review<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IDE integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connection to your code\u2019s repo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IntelliSense has been a handy tool for Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code users. It gives context and language-specific suggestions as you type your code. You can press \u201cTab\u201d or \u201cEnter\u201d on your keyboard to accept the suggestion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also show you information about a method, explaining what the method does and the parameters it should take.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can extend IntelliSense by installing language-specific extensions, for example, Python, C\/C++, C#, Go, and Dart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IntelliCode is an AI programming tool with more advanced code completion suggestions. It can suggest an entire line of code based on your specific code context (for example, your functions and variables) or even an API call.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It runs locally on your machine, so you don\u2019t have to worry about sharing company or private code with IntelliCode models. The models are also able to learn from your code context and make better suggestions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IntelliCode generates suggestions from a base language model for specific programming languages, trained via open-source repos on GitHub.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also train your own models based on your repo. This would result in useful and relevant recommendations tailored to your coding pattern and style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IntelliCode detects repetitions in your code and helps you make the same edits in multiple places in your code file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also detect actions like constructor and parameter creation and help you autocomplete them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also key bindings for common actions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can install IntelliCode on Visual Studio Code as an extension or via the main installer on Visual Studio. It&#8217;s absolutely free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IntelliCode supports Java, C#, C++, SQL, XAML (Visual Studio 2022), Python, and <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/learn-typescript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TypeScript<\/a>\/JavaScript in Visual Studio Code.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/codewhisperer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon CodeWhisperer<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon CodeWhisperer is fresh from the oven. It became <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/about-aws\/whats-new\/2023\/04\/amazon-codewhisperer-generally-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">generally available<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> back in April 2023. CodeWhisperer is an AI-assisted programming tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Key features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code completion<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IDE integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connection to your code\u2019s repo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tool generates code suggestions based on comments in your code, code snippets, and open files in the IDE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s able to generate single lines of code, code snippets, and functions as you type.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can add comments to your code files that lay out instructions like \u201cimport the datetime library,\u201d and CodeWhisperer will generate the relevant code.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CodeWhisperer can also generate suggestions when working with AWS (<a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/cloud-computing-aws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Web Services<\/a>) APIs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other features include the ability to scan your code for vulnerabilities and provide suggestions to help you rectify them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CodeWhisperer prides itself on flagging suggestions that plagiarize training data derived from open source. It shows the repo\u2019s URL and license, giving you a chance for attribution or contribution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CodeWhisperer supports 15 programming languages, ranging from Java to JavaScript and Python.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also integrate it with IDEs like IntelliJ IDEA, AWS Lambda Console, Amazon SageMaker Studio, Visual Studio Code, AWS Cloud9, and JupyterLab. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It boasts a free individual tier and a paid CodeWhisperer Professional tier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AI tool\u2019s models were trained on billions of lines of code from open source and Amazon. The training data was filtered for vulnerabilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CodeWhisperer encrypts your code in transit. For the free individual tier, they may keep your code to further improve the tool. You can change this in the settings, though.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike other AWS services, CodeWhisperer is AWS region-agnostic. This means that you can access it from anywhere in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27755\" src=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/be-aware-of-safety-factors-when-choosing-a-tool.jpeg\" alt=\"A programmer working with an ai programming tool for debugging code.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/be-aware-of-safety-factors-when-choosing-a-tool.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/be-aware-of-safety-factors-when-choosing-a-tool-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/be-aware-of-safety-factors-when-choosing-a-tool-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/be-aware-of-safety-factors-when-choosing-a-tool-768x384.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"choosing-the-right-ai-programming-tool\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Choosing the right AI programming tool<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI-assisted coding tools offer almost similar features. However, there are a few distinguishing characteristics that would prompt you to choose one over the other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the key factors to consider when choosing an AI programming tool:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amount of code suggestions accepted\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of code suggestions the users of a tool accept is an important indicator of its accuracy and relevance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since a lot of AI coding tools can generate and autocomplete code, you need to check the number of suggestions that you can actually incorporate into your code.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integration into the existing SDLC<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to go for an AI tool that can integrate into your existing SDLC with minimal configurations and hitches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identify the parts of the SDLC you want the AI coding tool to help with. This way, you can decide whether to go with a specialized or general tool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will also help determine whether you want a tool that can give one-line suggestions or that can give relevant recommendations based on your use case.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your specific AI use case<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your specific use case should determine the AI tool that you choose. If you\u2019re looking to use it to generate unit tests, for example, then you\u2019re better off going for a tool whose strongpoint is writing unit tests.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you tend to work with specific IDEs, for example, PyCharm, or in AWS environments, you might want to prioritize AI tools that can work with your current tool set.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of AI tools are trained using <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/data-analytics\/large-language-models\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Large Language Models (LLMs)<\/a> like OpenAI\u2019s GPT3 and 4. It\u2019s therefore not possible to point to things like how vulnerabilities and copyrighted code were handled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might end up introducing vulnerabilities to your code unwittingly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s also the risk of the tools using your private code to further refine their models. This could result in private and proprietary code being included in future suggestions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You, therefore, need to consider the security of the training data and your own code as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ease of use<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While using some tools might be as easy as installing them as extensions on your IDE, there might be a steep learning curve to learn how they work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to think about whether you have the time to learn the ropes of the software. If within an organization, are there people on your team who can dedicate the time required to get up to speed with the software?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scalability<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tool that you choose should be scalable. It should be able to grow and adapt to changing project, team, and even company needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, let\u2019s say that you initially paid for the tool to generate code suggestions. After streamlining that aspect, you now want to include vulnerability identification.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It makes sense to go with a tool that can do both in the longterm, rather than having to integrate an entirely different tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A company\u2019s roadmap is therefore a good place to stop by, before making a decision about whether to use their product. You can easily identify \u201cforward-thinking approaches\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cost<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to evaluate the cost of the AI tool against its performance. You might opt to go for the premium versions to get more accurate and relevant suggestions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cost of another tool might not be worth it if there\u2019s another that offers the same features and performance with a free tier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of users supported is also a determinant of cost. It might make sense for an organization to pay for Enterprise tiers to ensure all the necessary people in their teams have access to the features offered by the tool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scalability and additional features like security could also determine cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Wrap-up<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vibrant world of AI programming tools can be difficult to keep up with. It\u2019s hard to be on social media and not see videos about the latest AI tool that you should be using. It\u2019s like they\u2019re being released every day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope that our guide will give you a place to start as you explore even more recent tools. It&#8217;s important to note that with more and more tools emerging every week, the important thing is to look for the right factors when choosing one. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s why at CareerFoundry we teach our students a strong basis in the building blocks of full-stack web development, but also how to choose the right coding tools to improve their work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to get a sense of what the program is about, <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/short-courses\/become-a-web-developer\/\"><strong>try this free coding short course<\/strong><\/a>, where you&#8217;ll get to grips with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, read more about the world of programming in these articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/software-engineer-salary-new-york\/\">How to Get a Great Software Engineer Salary in New York<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/learn-typescript\/\">Should You Learn TypeScript? A Beginner\u2019s Guide<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/computer-programmer-salary\/\">The Complete Computer Programmer Salary Guide<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tools to help developers write and debug code faster and better aren\u2019t necessarily a new thing.\u00a0 Code editors and Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), for example, make it easier to write and debug code. 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