Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you want to write some code logic, but you're not sure where to begin? Or perhaps you're under pressure from a client or manager to complete a task that seems challenging. As a programmer, facing coding challenges is inevitable. But what if I told you that there are AI tools available to help you write code without the stress, of just copying, pasting, and testing?
Whether you're a beginner learning to code or already an intermediate or advanced coder, these AI tools can assist you in crafting clean and precise code. They not only help with new code but can also enhance your existing code, turning it into something even better. I've personally explored these AI machines and discovered that they can be valuable companions for programmers and software engineers on their coding journey.
1. ChatGPT:
As you already know, or you know it for the first time, ChatGPT is a Language Model(LLM) developed by an OpenAI company that was designed for generating human-like text based on the input it receives. It can be used for various natural language understanding and generation tasks, such as answering questions, providing information, generating code snippets, writing essays, creating conversational agents, etc.
It can write code snippets in different coding and programming languages like Python, JavaScript, Java, C++, C#, Ruby, HTML/CSS, PHP, Swift, Go, TypeScript, Shell scripting (Bash), MATLAB, R, Kotlin, and more.
Test 1: I asked ChatGPT to write a Python code for crawling a website, and then he prompted the following code.
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| chatGPT prompted a Python code for crawling a website using requests library to make HTTP requests and BeautifulSoup or lxml for parsing HTML content |
Test 2: To prove its compatibility with writing other programming languages, I tested it to use PHP and MySql to store user data. Guess what? It does it.
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| chatGPT developed a PHP code snippet that takes user information from a form and stores it in a MySQL database |
2. Google Bard:
Google Bard is a Large Language Model (LLM) AI developed by Google company. Just like the OpenAI chatGPT, Google Bard is a conversational AI chatbot that can be used for a variety of tasks, including answering questions, generating text, translating languages, and writing different kinds of creative content.
It can code different programming languages like Python, Java, C++, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, C#, Swift, R, MATLAB, TypeScript, and Scala.
Test: Here is how I tested Google Bard. I prompted it to write a code to crawl a website. Just like chatGPT, Google Bard also does the coding for me. Take a look below
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| Google Bard writes a full Python code to crawl a website |
What surprises me most is that it does not write the same code logic as chatGPT although it uses the same Requests and Beautiful Soup libraries
Visit the website here: www.bard.google.com
3. Claude AI:
Claude is an artificial intelligence conversational agent or chatbot developed by Anthropic. Claude can be used in natural language conversations, answering questions based on provided context, summarizing written text, performing basic math calculations, and assisting with various productivity tasks like writing programming code and fixing bugs
Admittedly, Claude's capabilities are limited due to its current stage of development to focus more on natural language interactions.
Just chatGPT and Google Bard I mentioned above, Claude doesn't have the full functionalities and speed of traditional code writing programs. Nonetheless, you can use it to programs in Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, and other common programming languages.
Test: I also prompted Claude to write a code to scrap a website for me. Below is the result prompted by Claude.
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| Claude AI generated a Python code for scraping website content |
As you can see in the image, you will notice that Claude AI is a lightweight machine for coding compared to chatGPT.
One thing I like about Claude is that it explains its logic in a friendly manner.
I recommend beginners who venturing into programming to leverage this tool because of its simplicity. You also have full control to leverage other tools for coding.
Visit the website here: www.claude.ai
4. Grok
Grok is yet to release an AI model that is being developed by X (formerly Twitter). According to the xAI company, led by Elon Musk, they have expressed their goal to create AI tools that assist humanity in its quest for understanding and knowledge, including the creation of programming languages. Python, a popular programming language, has already been built using this model. The company also plans to include other languages to aid developers in their tasks.
Since the AI model is yet to be released, I haven't had the opportunity to test it for writing any programming languages. However, I will update this content as soon as the AI model is launched. Until then, I recommend that you explore other options for your coding needs.
Visit the website here: www.x.ai
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