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Best AI code generation plugin? (self.vscode)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ThreeHalflings to c/[email protected]

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I've been leaning pretty heavily on ChatGPT to write an app using a couple of frameworks I've never used before. I'm treating it as an experiment, I know I'm not learning as much as I could, but it's been fun.

I find myself writing

I have file2.js

(paste code here)

And file2.js

(paste code here)

How do I do the thing?

Is there a vscode plugin which has access to all the files in my workspace (or all the open files in my editor) so that I can just refer to them by filename?

How do I do the thing in file1.js and file2.js

That's nirvana, if that's not a thing, then I'm open to hearimg about other good options.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm I don't think that exists yet. The closest thing is GitHub copilot. Which costs 10 euro a month.

There's these official Vscode extensions

GitHub copilot nightly=autofill(most important one honestly)

GitHub copilot chat=gpt inside Vscode with context of open files I think? But not entire project . And GitHub copilot labs=handy for thinks like writing docs and adding typescript types

[–] ThreeHalflings 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks I've been meaning to check out copilot, I'll give it a shot.

[–] terrapin 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I second the GitHub copilot opinion. It’s the closest thing to what you’re looking for, and it’s also powered by ChatGPT. I’ve been using it for a few months just to try it out and it’s increased my productivity by maybe 20%. I use it mostly with node.js/typescript in vs code and it works great. I also have it integrated with visual studio for some .NET core apps but it doesn’t work as well for c#. It makes it easy to write the simple and repetitive functions so you can focus more on the business logic.

[–] ThreeHalflings 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks, yeah, I gave it a shot, it's absolutely magical! Not gonna change my life, but it feels like I'm in a scifi movie from the 80s :)