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The world of software development is constantly evolving, and with the recent advancements in AI technologies, developers now have powerful tools at their disposal to help with everyday tasks. In this blog post, we will discuss how AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub CoPilot have made a significant impact on our workflow, increasing productivity and improving the quality of our work.
GitHub CoPilot: The AI-Powered Assistant for Developers
I have been using GitHub CoPilot since August 2022, and it has proven to be an invaluable asset. It has provided the following benefits:
Speeding Up Smaller Tasks
GitHub CoPilot has significantly sped up smaller tasks such as creating demo content in CSV files, updating hooks, and managing dependency injections. This has allowed our developers to focus more on complex tasks and problem-solving.
Dependency Injection is a fundamental part of Drupal development, and it’s a chore that we need to do over and over again. Here’s how CoPilot speeds it up for an existing class:
Your browser does not support the video tag. Injecting renderer service into an existing classDemo content is essential for our way of developing and it also makes testing much easier. But the creation of such content was, well, boring. Here’s how CoPilot speeds it up:
Your browser does not support the video tag. Generating meaningful demo content in CSV filesAcquia Developer Portal Blog: How to work with Code Studio Automated Code Updates
As a developer, we’ve all experienced the time it takes to maintain a Drupal application, let alone 100s. Pulling the latest code changes, creating a new feature branch, syncing the DB from PROD to grab the latest content, updating composer, exporting configuration and pushing back up. Even if you are already set up with a local or Cloud IDE, this can take some time. Yes, there are tools we can use to speed up this process, drush, hosting CLIs, automated scripts… but again, this is just more to maintain and update to newer versions, when PHP or other software gets released.
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