{"id":3934,"date":"2023-05-09T11:26:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T06:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dicecamp.com\/insights\/?p=3934"},"modified":"2023-06-21T17:07:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T12:07:07","slug":"a-gift-for-programmers-bard-can-now-code-in-20-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dicecamp.com\/insights\/a-gift-for-programmers-bard-can-now-code-in-20-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"A gift for programmers; Bard can now code in 20 languages"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are a learner or a professional programmer, then the new Bard coding features are a gift for you. The latest Bard update came with an ability to write computer code and perform coding tasks in twentyfold languages.<\/span><\/p>\n

The capabilities include: writing code, suggesting improvements, debugging errors and explaining the code, line by line.<\/span><\/p>\n

The list of programming languages include all major lingos: C++, Java, Javascript, Go, Python and Typescript.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Users can also use Bard to translate code from one language to the other. It can also help programmers optimize their code and suggest improvements to function faster.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coding ability has been in the demand list of users who found Bard\u2019s lacking ability in the field. Google set its priority to respond to these requests and added powerful programming features.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is an impactful step towards learning and development of those who want to start and progress in the software development career. Programmers can use Bard to shorten their time on writing repetitive lines of code. and especially felt a need for a collaborative hand when shifting to a different programming language.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to these impressive features, Bard can also write documentation and tutorials for the source code. This is good news especially for technical writers who now have a helping hand that can quickly help them understand and write specifications for software products.<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides Google\u2019s Bard, users also have other free-AI coding tools such as Github\u2019s Copilot and Replit\u2019s Ghostwriter; all of which show the potential to boost programmer productivity.<\/span><\/p>\n

What it means for QAs?<\/span><\/h1>\n

Quality assurance leaders and beginners can use Bard in a number of ways. They can quickly create test cases, convert a test case into an automated script and identify defects that have the most risk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Testing Bard and ChatGPT, head-on-head<\/span><\/h1>\n

How effective is Bard in coding?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To check this, an author of ZDNet tested Bard\u2019s new <\/span>coding capability<\/span><\/a> against ChatGPT\u2019s. And ChatGPT won.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a summary of Bard weaknesses compared to ChatGPT<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n