Using generative tools to assist with software development

Track: Web Tools & Complementary Technologies

Gitlab and Github unveiled their generative offerings to “make developers' lives easier” and to “code faster”. ChatGPT and Gemini are offering coding assistance including code analysis, refactoring and code generation. The number of tools available for developers exploded in the last couple of years.

I incorporated some of the above tools while teaching at the local college for a year. This session will be a summary of my findings about so-called AI tools: the best and the worst. I’ll demonstrate how you can integrate such tools into your development process and where it is better to rely on an extra pair of eyes rather than on untested code.

Speakers

Vladimir Roudakov
Hi, I'm Vladimir! I am an IT teacher and open source advocate. I contribute to various open source projects such as Wordpress and Drupal and run local Wordpress meetups in Brisbane, Australia.