CodeGPT - The VSCode Extension

Like to share with you all an interesting VSCode Extension. CodeGPT extension with 176k+ downloads and great reviews within?90days of launch, Supercharge your coding with AI-powered assistance! Automatically write new code from scratch, ask questions, get explanations, refactor code, find bugs and more.

Setting up CodeGPT on VSCode

1. To install this extension,?open VSCode, go to extensions, and search “CodeGPT.” Once found , click on “install”.
2. After installation go to the menu bar and click on Code, then select “Preferences” to find the “Settings” option?and go to “Code GPT”

To work with this extension you need to type your?OpenAI API key?in the first box

I know it's not free, but signup credit is enough for basic usage.

You can leave the remaining boxes as is(not been able to add images please refer to learn more link for more details.), but in case you want to customize them, keep this in mind:

• Max tokens: Maximum number of tokens you want to get for each request to the API
• Model: Currently there are 3 models available in this extension (text-davinci-003,?code-cushman-001?and?code-davinci-002). Among these options?code-davinci-002?is the most powerful when it comes to coding.
• Temperature: Controls how much randomness is in the output (the lower the temperature, the more likely GPT-3 will choose words with a higher probability of occurrence)

Exploring CodeGPT

Here are the top features of CodeGPT

1. Get Code: Create a comment asking for a specific code and CodeGPT will open a new Editor with the code (You don't need to write the code language. CodeGPT will detect it automatically).
2. Ask CodeGPT: CodeGPT will open a new Editor and respond to the question.
3. Ask CodeGPT - code selected: Select the code and ask a question, CodeGPT will open a new Editor and respond to the question.
4. Compile & Run CodeGPT: CodeGPT will compile and run your selected code.
5. Ask StackOverflow: Search for a question using the Stackoverflow API and Code GPT will show the best human answer and then the AI answer.
6. Explain CodeGPT: CodeGPT will open a new Editor and explain the code.
7. Refactor CodeGPT: CodeGPT will open a new Editor and refactor the code.
8. Document CodeGPT: CodeGPT will open a new Editor and Document the code.
9. Find Problems CodeGPT: CodeGPT will open a new Editor and find problems in the code.
10. Unit Test CodeGPT: CodeGPT will open a new Editor and write unit tests of the code.

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