Overview
AI Smart Coder is an intelligence-enhanced extension designed for Visual Studio Code. It acts as a smart coding companion powered by ChatGPT, aimed at enhancing the overall programming experience.
The extension boasts a variety of advanced features that include AI-generated unit tests, detailed code reviews, automatic code documentation, and intelligent error fix suggestions.
The unit tests can be generated effortlessly by selecting a portion of code, upon which SmartCoder uses its capabilities to create a pertinent unit test.
The extension also assists in adding comments to the selected code which helps in generating descriptive documentation. SmartCoder provides error fix suggestions that can be used when programmers encounter errors, offering intelligent recommendations for code enhancement.
Interaction with ChatGPT for assistance and commands to install the SmartCoder extension in Visual Studio Code are available through the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P on macOS).
Visual Studio Code installation is a requirement for using this extension.
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