Five VScode Extensions for AI Applications
This is the sixth edition focusing on VScode extensions (previous shared on LinkedIn). This time dedicated to code generation tools.
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GitHub Copilot
The GitHub Copilot extension is probably one of the first and most well-known AI-based extensions in VScode. The extension from GitHub provides code generation and code completion. GitHub recently opened the extension for free use (at least some of its core features).
Downloads: 41M
Unique Identifier: GitHub.copilot
Marketplace: link
Codeium
The Codeium extension is a code generation and code completion engine supporting 70 programming languages, such as Javascript, Python, Typescript, PHP, Go, Java, C, C++, Rust, Ruby.
Downloads: 3M
Unique Identifier: Codeium.codeium
Marketplace: link
Continue
The Continue extension is an open-source AI code assistant. This code assistant enables the creation of new code by user prompt, updates and modifies existing code, and features autocomplete functionality.
Downloads: 1M
Unique Identifier: Continue.continue
Marketplace: link
Gemini Code Assist
The Gemini Code Assist extension is a code generation and code completion engine based on Google Gemini model. It provides contextualized responses based on the user prompts using the Gemini API.
Downloads: 1M
Unique Identifier: Google.geminicodeassist
Marketplace: link
Amazon Q
The Amazon Q extension, as the name implies, is an AI code assistant from Amazon. The extension provides code generation based on user prompts and code completion suggestions.
Downloads: 1M
Unique Identifier: AmazonWebServices.amazon-q-vscode
Marketplace: link
Are there any other recommendations for AI extensions for working with VScode?
See you next week!
Rami