Unlocking the Potential of ChatGPT - A Game Changer for Developers

As a developer, you may have often come across tasks that seemed daunting and time-consuming. But what if I told you that there is a solution that can make your coding journey not only easier but also faster? Meet ChatGPT - a language model developed by OpenAI that has the power to revolutionize the way you code.

I wanted to test out ChatGPT to see how it could help in coding, so I took on the task of parsing a website's sitemap and creating a list of links based on some filters present in the sitemap. With around 150 sitemaps to parse, this task seemed like a daunting one. But with ChatGPT by my side, I was able to break down the task into smaller parts and give instructions to ChatGPT one by one.

Starting with:

"Write a Node.js program that fetches a series of URLs, where the URL changes by number in the query parameter. The program should fetch one by one and save it in a directory, and create the directory if it doesn't exist. The program should name the file with the counter and have a delay of x seconds while fetching new URLs."

ChatGPT generated this code for me:

const fs = require('fs'); 
const request = require('request');
 const baseUrl = 'https://example.com/image?id='; 
const directory = 'images'; 
// Create directory if it does not exist if (!fs.existsSync(directory))
 { fs.mkdirSync(directory); } 
  for (let i = 1; i <= 10; i++) 
{ // Wait for x seconds before fetching next URL 
  setTimeout(() => { const url = baseUrl + i; const fileName = `${directory}/image-${i}.jpg`; request(url).pipe(fs.createWriteStream(fileName)); }, 
x * 1000); } 
  
            

With ChatGPT's assistance, the task was accomplished in just 20-30 minutes. Without ChatGPT, it would have taken me anywhere from 3-4 hours to write correct code and with a huge cognitive load. But with ChatGPT, I was able to focus on the logic and let the model handle the tedious coding tasks.

This is just the beginning of what ChatGPT can do. With its current capabilities, one developer can perform the work of 4-6 developers. Imagine the possibilities that ChatGPT can unlock for the development community. It's time to embrace the power of ChatGPT and see how it can change the game for you.