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# AIDER

## AIDER Coding Assistant lets you code with prompts Better than GPT Engineer?

AIDER Coding Assistant is a command-line chat tool that lets you write and edit code with prompts. You can ask GPT to help you start a new project, or modify code in your existing git repo. Aider makes it easy to git commit, diff & undo changes proposed by GPT without copy/pasting.

Here are some examples of how you can use AIDER Coding Assistant:

* To start a new project, you can ask GPT to generate a skeleton of code for you. For example, you could say "GPT, generate a Python script that prints 'Hello, world!'"
* To modify existing code, you can ask GPT to make specific changes to the code. For example, you could say "GPT, add a 'for loop' to this code" or "GPT, change this variable name to 'my\_variable'"
* To get help with a coding problem, you can ask GPT for suggestions. For example, you could say "GPT, I'm stuck on this function, can you help me?"

AIDER Coding Assistant is still under development, but it has the potential to be a powerful tool for developers of all levels. It can help you save time, improve your code, and learn new things.

Here are some of the features of AIDER Coding Assistant:

* It uses GPT-4, a large language model from OpenAI, to generate code.
* It can work with both new and existing projects.
* It integrates with git, so you can easily commit your changes.
* It can understand and modify large codebases.
* It is still under development, but it has the potential to be a powerful tool for developers of all levels.

If you are interested in trying AIDER Coding Assistant, you can find it on GitHub. It is free to use, but you will need to have Python 3.8 or higher installed.

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