How to use ChatGPT as a developer?

Introduction

ChatGPT was launched on November 30, 2022, and has been roaring since then!

This AI-generated content tool showed a massive audience pool within a few days of its launch. As of February 2023, it is being used by a staggering number of approximately 100 million users.

The AI just talked about in theory has now become a reality!

The creator of Gmail, Paul Buchheit, tweeted: Google is only one or two years away from ‘total disruption’ due to AI chatbots like ChatGPT.

Amidst the competition, let me take you through the basics of ChatGPT first!

What is ChatGPT?

OpenAI developed ChatGPT, and Microsoft is its strategic partner. Microsoft has invested in OpenAI and plans to further add ChatGPT to its Bing search.

ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot that helps you get solutions to your queries (any kind of query). From providing results on philosophy to creating poetry, and history to politics, even writing codes and fixing bugs and errors, ChatGPT does everything!

However, as it is in its early stage, many improvements will be made. The chatbot is not always accurate, but the team is working on it!

How to use ChatGPT as a developer?

A developer can use ChatGPT in various ways to benefit their web development company immensely. I am mentioning them below:

Makes code accessible

Regarding writing code, ChatGPT is an excellent tool for developers. It understands the requirements of a developer and provides the corresponding code snippets quickly. ChatGPT helps construct an entire class with complicated functions. Additionally, it is useful for beginners to understand the basics of coding and take help whenever stuck.

Look at the image below to understand how it presents a program according to your requirements.

Writes test cases

ChatGPT is proficient in writing multiple kinds of test cases. Even if you wish to write a test case capable of handling invalid inputs, ChatGPT does it for you! It can understand the logic and structure of your code well. For a developer, here are some benefits of writing test cases:

• It gives a start to building specific test cases.
• Provides generic test cases.
• On the basis of user-defined input, it creates test-related documents.

However, users may struggle with generating subjective or customer-experience-based test cases, incidents of errors within the generated content, or creating tailored test cases.

Tracking bugs in the code

Identifying bugs is challenging for developers, but ChatGPT does the job for you! This tool finds bugs by itself and proposes suggestions. Therefore, it saves the time of developers and makes them more productive.

Not only this, but ChatGPT also recommends improving the readability and maintainability of the code.

Overall, developers can expect code to be more efficient and secure with this tool.

Here is an image depicting how ChatGPT helps you identify bugs or errors.

Explains complicated code snippets

With ChatGPT, you can understand some complex code pieces whenever necessary. It also cuts down some lines of code to boost the efficiency of the code. Doing this helps in improving the performance and making the code more manageable.

Even if a user asks about the meaning of functions or modules, it provides you with a detailed account. You can see a step-by-step result where it breaks down the code into fragments for better understanding.

Further, it also helps to generate detailed documentation.

Here is an image depicting an explanation of a code snippet.

Generates documents

Developers need to build comprehensive documents for the code. For that, ChatGPT is a good companion.

ChatGPT comprises natural language processing skills that help it to create such documents. It explains the inputs, outputs, and other details. These documents are available in HTML, JSDoc, or Markdown.

Benefits associated with it are:

• It saves time and increases productivity.
• It explains the functions and other parameters quite well.

Where does ChatGPT fall behind for developers?

Along with immense benefits, ChatGPT has various shortcomings too. Here is a list:

• Misses human judgment: Yes, it generates codes and finds errors and bugs in a code snippet! But it still needs to be cross-checked by humans to trace any missable mistakes and errors. Remember, there is no sure-shot guarantee of an error-free code by ChatGPT.
• Machine learning tools like ChatGPT can’t do problem-solving for developers. Moreover, it has failed to build large-scale applications as of now.
• Doesn’t work well with plagiarised codes.
• Lacks in providing multi-dimensional data.

Other Uses of ChatGPT

ChatGPT understands natural language, which is why it is widely popular. Check out other benefits of ChatGPT below:

Understands multiple languages

It understands multiple languages and provides clear answers. Even answers complicated topics casually and professionally (based on user requirements). Moreover, it is proficient in translating languages too.

Generates all kinds of texts

Use ChatGPT to create social media posts, meta titles, meta descriptions, emails, pitches for businesses, articles, and much more. It’s an excellent place for getting innovative ideas. So, if you’re facing writer's block, go to ChatGPT!

Sorts unstructured data

You can sort the unstructured data within seconds with the help of ChatGPT. It is easy to manage and organize bulky data of this kind. Hence, it’s a time saver!

Highly-qualitative copy

You can use this tool to generate highly qualitative copy per your needs. It works well with writing outlines of the structure of an article or even composing emails. Such compelling text helps you generate more leads.

Create a virtual assistant

Yes, like other virtual assistants such as Alexa and Siri, you can also use ChatGPT as your virtual assistant. It can help you write emails, posts, or any copy. As it has a built-in AI engine, it will help you with innovative ideas and topics to build impressive content.

Is ChatGPT free?

ChatGPT was launched as a free AI tool for users. However, it has launched a pilot subscription plan known as ChatGPT Plus. It will be available to the users for $20 per month, and users can reap the following benefits:

• Faster response time.
• Access to new improvements and features.
• Ability to use even during peak times.

The free version is still available, and users can continue to access it.

Final Words

Although ChatGPT completes your tasks efficiently and brings in productivity, it cannot completely replace human intervention. Additionally, such technologies can help you understand the basics, help with the codes, finding errors; however, you can’t rely on them as a developer.

But, the team of ChatGPT is constantly working on improving the software. Let's wait and see what’s in store for developers in the future.

I hope the information mentioned above helps you get insights about the topic.