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Smart AI Code Assistant

Smart AI Code Assistant

AI-Assistant

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AI-powered code assistance with documentation generation, refactoring and explanation
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AI Code Assistant

🚀 Supercharge your coding workflow with the AI Code Assistant, a powerful Visual Studio Code extension designed to streamline development for JavaScript, Python, and Java. Generate documentation, refactor code, explain logic, create tests, and ensure SOLID principles—all with a few clicks.

✨ Features

  • 📝 Auto-Generate Documentation: Create detailed, professional documentation for JavaScript, Python, and Java code.
  • 🔄 Smart Refactoring: Improve code readability, performance, and maintainability with AI-powered suggestions.
  • 🧠 Line-by-Line Explanations: Understand complex code with clear, concise breakdowns.
  • ⚙️ Code from Signatures: Generate functional code from function signatures in seconds.
  • 🧪 Unit Test Generation: Automatically create unit tests for JavaScript, Python, and Java projects.
  • 🏛️ SOLID Principle Analysis: Analyze code for SOLID compliance and get actionable suggestions to improve design.

🛠️ Requirements

  • Visual Studio Code version 1.97.0 or higher.

🎮 Commands

Unlock the full power of AI Code Assistant with these commands:

Command Description
ai-code-assistant.generateCodeDocumentation Generate detailed code documentation.
ai-code-assistant.refactorCode Refactor code for better quality.
ai-code-assistant.generateExplanation Explain code line by line.
ai-code-assistant.generateCodeFromSignature Generate code from a function signature.
ai-code-assistant.generateTests Create unit tests automatically.
ai-code-assistant.showSolidRecommendation Analyze SOLID principles compliance.
ai-code-assistant.suggestSolidFix Suggest fixes for SOLID violations.

⚙️ Configuration

The extension can be configured through the settings.json file in the .vscode directory. The following settings are available:

Setting Description
aiCodeAssistant.debugMode Enable/disable debug logging (true/false).
aiCodeAssistant.defaultModel Specify the default AI model for processing (e.g., "grok-2-latest").
aiCodeAssistant.enableAutoSolidAnalysis Toggle automatic SOLID principle analysis (true/false).

Example:

{
  "aiCodeAssistant.debugMode": false,
  "aiCodeAssistant.defaultModel": "grok-2-latest",
  "aiCodeAssistant.enableAutoSolidAnalysis": true
}

🐞 Known Issues

  • The extension currently supports only JavaScript, Python, and Java for documentation generation and refactoring.
  • SOLID principle analysis is limited to Java, Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript.

📜 Release Notes

🎉 1.0.0

Initial Release
Launched with core features:

  • Documentation generation
  • Code refactoring
  • Line-by-line explanations
  • Code generation from signatures
  • Unit test creation
  • SOLID principle analysis

🚀 Get Started

  1. Install the extension from the VS Code Marketplace.
  2. Open a JavaScript, Python, or Java file.
  3. Select the desired piece of code and use the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) to run any ai-code-assistant command.

Enjoy coding smarter with AI Code Assistant!
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