From online chatbots to local coding assistants

Overview

Learn how to transition from using online chatbots to AI coding assistants integrated into your local coding environment. This will serve as an introduction to Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) and how AI tools can enhance your coding workflow.

Preparation

Online chatbots

Create accounts in as many online chatbot providers you are interested in using. There is a long and growing list of LLM-based chatbot providers. Some of them include:

• OpenAI ChatGPT
• Anthropic Claude
• Google Gemini
• xAI Grok
• Perplexity
• Mistral Chat
• Alibaba Qwen Chat
• DeepSeek
• Kimi

Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

An IDE is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to write and execute code. Modern IDEs provide integration with AI coding assistants, like GitHub Copilot.

Visit VS Code to download and install VS Code on your computer.