Continue

Continue is an open-source autopilot for software development that integrates with Visual Studio Code (VS Code). It is a powerful VS Code extension that brings the capabilities of ChatGPT, an AI text generation model, directly into your IDE.

To use Continue, you can download and install the VS Code extension from the GitHub repository. Once installed, you can leverage its various features. You can highlight sections of code and ask Continue for auto-completion, code generation, refactoring, or explanations. You can also edit code in a natural language by instructing Continue to perform refactorings or write new code. Moreover, Continue can generate files from scratch, automatically generating Python scripts, React components, and more.

You can highlight the section of code you want to refactor and instruct Continue to refactor it using natural language instructions e.g., '/edit change this plot into a bar chart in this dashboard component.'

Yes, Continue can generate new code files in different programming languages. You can open a blank file, and let Continue start new Python scripts, React components, and more.

Continue can answer coding questions by generating, refactoring, and explaining entire sections of code. You can ask coding questions and seek alternative perspectives on code by highlighting sections and asking Continue for its insights.