JetBrains IDE Developer Productivity & Code Generation Support • Garth Gilmour • GOTO 2024

This presentation was recorded at Trifork's Code Evolution 2024.
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Garth Gilmour - Developer Advocate at JetBrains ‪@garthgilmourni‬
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ABSTRACT
Generative AI can help you draft an email, compose a presentation or tender for a contract. But how can it assist the working developer with the daily grind, and to what extent?
Let's explore this question, using the JetBrains AI Assistant and IntelliJ IDEA. We will try to solve multiple programming tasks using this tooling. Some will be applicable to any IT system, but others will be from niche problem domains.
Along the way we will see if and how the AI Assistant can help - from researching the topic and authoring tested code to drafting commit messages and producing documentation. We’ll also review what fine grained control is available, and discuss common questions and concerns about admitting AI into your developer workflows. [...]
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
03:07 Tooling
03:37 Agenda
08:21 Example 1: Regex
22:43 How does the AI assistant work?
27:30 Example 2: Photography
30:30 What are the practicalities of AI?
42:18 The importance of prompt engineering
43:02 Example 3: Microservices
49:04 Conclusions
50:32 Outro
Download slides and read the full abstract here:
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[@Tony-dp1rl]

JetBrains IDE is basically VS.Code if VS.Code's developers were 6-12 months behind on their backlog.

[@MrWilde]

As someone who has been using different IDE's for over 20 years, I find Jetbrains IDE's to be the best tools available. That said you should always choose the best tool for you everyone is different, be objective and give it go, work out what works for you.