AI coding agent - what it is, how it works and is it good for developers

Goal

To educate developers, especially those who are using it about what an AI coding agent is. Explore potential benefits and also potential harm when using such tools.

Target audience

Anyone who is interested in AI agents, especially AI coding agents, wants to learn more about it and maybe try using them in their work or hobby coding projects.

Outline

What are AI agents

- Examples of AI agents
- What are AI coding agents

How do AI coding agents work

- Components in AI coding agents
- How your prompts get processed
- How to convert scripts in actions

Pros and cons of using AI coding agent

- benefit of using AI coding agents
- what to be aware of when using AI coding agents

Conclusions and Q&A

This session took place in track Generative AI and was classified suitable for novice domain / novice python by the speaker.

Cheuk Ting Ho

After having a career as a Data Scientist and Developer Advocate, Cheuk dedicated her work to the open-source community. Currently, she is working as AI developer advocate for JetBrains. She has co-founded Humble Data, a beginner Python workshop that has been happening around the world. She has served the EuroPython Society board for two years and is now a fellow and director of the Python Software Foundation.

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