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Understanding Auto-Code Generation Techniques

In this chapter, we will look at the following key topics:

  • What is a prompt?
  • Single-line prompts for auto-code generation
  • Multi-line prompts for auto-code generation
  • Chain-of-thought prompts for auto-code generation
  • Chat with code assistant for auto-code generation
  • Common building methods of auto-code generation

With the growth in large language model (LLM) applications, one of the interesting use cases, auto-code generation based on user comments, has become popular. The last few years have given rise to multiple code assistants for developers, such as GitHub Copilot, Codex, Pythia, and Amazon Q Developer, among many others. These code assistants can be used to get code recommendations and, ...

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