I Tried Multiple AI Coding Assistants. These Are The Best

Best AI coding assistants for beginners and experienced programmers.

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Over the past months, I’ve tried different AI coding assistants to make my life easier as a programmer.

There are many tools out there but none of them is perfect. One might be more convenient if you’re learning to code, while another might be better if you want to test your code.

Here are the best AI coding assistants I found.

1. GitHub Copilot: My favorite general-purpose coding assistant

GitHub's AI tool is a game-changer for real-time code writing. What's cool about it is that it offers an interaction style similar to ChatGPT, but it's focused on coding. Plus, it has the ability to keep building out a program you're working on in the editor.

One feature that really stands out to me is the chat function. You can literally quiz it about constructing functions or clear up any doubts abo…