Continue.dev

What is Continue.dev?

Continue.dev is an open-source tool that integrates ChatGPT into Visual Studio Code (VS Code), helping developers generate, refactor, and understand code without leaving their editor. Highlight a piece of code and Continue can answer questions about it, offer alternative approaches to a problem, or rewrite it based on plain-English instructions. It can also create entire files from scratch — Python scripts, React components, SQL queries, and more.

Who created Continue.dev?

Continue.dev is an open-source project by Continue Dev, Inc. The company focuses on improving the developer experience and has hired software engineers, particularly in San Francisco.

What can you do with Continue.dev?

• Ask questions about your code, with the option to attach functions, files, or your entire codebase as context
• Autocomplete single lines or entire code sections in any programming language as you type
• Edit and refactor code using natural language commands and keyboard shortcuts
• Generate new files from scratch, such as Python scripts, React components, or SQL queries
• Get alternative perspectives on how to approach a coding problem

Example tasks the tool can handle include setting up an IAM policy for read-only S3 access, converting a plot into a bar chart in a dashboard component, writing a Prisma schema with cascading deletes, identifying where to place a backend request in a web page, enabling communication between iframes, rewriting a function to be asynchronous, and migrating a DigitalOcean Terraform file to Google Cloud Platform.

Who is Continue.dev for?

• Software Engineers
• Developer Relations Engineers

How do I use Continue.dev?

Install the Continue extension in VS Code, then use it directly in your editor: highlight code to ask questions or request edits, type natural-language instructions to refactor, or rely on autocomplete as you type.

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