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7 Ways ChatGPT Can Help Developers

ChatGPT is a long-form question-answering AI from OpenAI that responds to complicated questions. It's an exciting new technology that is being taught to understand and respond to questions posed by people IRL.

Technically speaking, ChatGPT falls within the category of generative AI. Once trained, a generative AI model can generate results similar to the training data but not precisely the same.

How ChatGPT benefits developers

1) Generating codes

In terms of code generation, ChatGPT is a potent tool for developers. ChatGPT can comprehend and interpret developer needs using its natural language processing skills and provide corresponding code snippets. When it comes to repeated tasks or boilerplate code, this may save programmers a lot of time.

2) Generating documents

Thanks to ChatGPT's natural language processing skills, it can accurately generate documents identifying the requirements. Developers, who frequently have to spend a lot of time developing comprehensive documentation for their code, might benefit significantly from this in terms of time savings.

3) Writing test cases

ChatGPT can help developers to write test cases in a variety of ways. One way is by recognizing the test case's purpose and creating test inputs and expected outcomes. For example, suppose a developer asks ChatGPT to write a test case that can handle invalid input. In that case, ChatGPT may generate invalid inputs, such as special characters, empty strings, and out-of-range values.

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