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How To Boost Software Development Productivity with AI-Powered Code Comments

Posted on November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 By user No Comments on How To Boost Software Development Productivity with AI-Powered Code Comments
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Google Bard and Chat-GPT (among other LLMs) can be used for many things. Some of the more productive uses include automating commenting for programming code.

In this post, I will show various examples of how Google Bard can be used to generate comments for software developers.


C/C++

For the examples, we will use a simple program written in C:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
  int i;
  for (i = 10; i >= 0; i--) {
    printf("%d\n", i);
  }
  return 0;
}

This code works by using a for loop to iterate from 10 to 0, inclusive. For each iteration, the code prints the value of the loop variable, i, to the console.

The Prompt:

Prompt:

Act as an expert software developer with over 30 years of experience writing programs using the C and C++ programming language. Consider the following code and refractor it with comments clearly describing what each line of the code does: int main() { int i; for (i = 10; i >= 0; i–) { printf(“%d\n”, i); } return 0; }

Bard’s Response:

AI Response:
**Refactored C code with comments:**

```c
// This function counts down from 10 to 0 and prints each number to the console.
int main() {
  // Declare a variable to store the count.
  int i;

  // Start a for loop to iterate from 10 to 0, inclusive.
  for (i = 10; i >= 0; i--) {
    // Print the current value of the count to the console.
    printf("%d\n", i);
  }

  // Return 0 from the main function to indicate successful execution.
  return 0;
}
```

**Comments:**

* The first comment describes what the function does in general.
* The second comment describes what the variable `i` is used for.
* The third comment describes what the for loop is doing.
* The fourth comment describes what the `printf()` statement is doing.
* The fifth comment describes what the `return 0` statement is doing.

The refactored code is more readable and easier to understand than the original code, because the comments explain what each line of code does. This is especially important for code that is complex or that may be read by other developers.

**Expert software developer tips:**

* Always write comments for your code, especially for complex code or code that may be read by other developers.
* Make sure your comments are clear, concise, and informative.
* Keep your comments up to date as you change your code.
* Use a consistent style for your comments.

I hope this helps!

It works best when submitting a single function at a time. It also helps to describe what the overall program/module does. This helps Bard create a more coherent output tailored to your specific code.


Python

The code used in this example is a function from an AI Image Up-Scaler program I wrote using Python. This specific function is called as part of the MQTT on_message callback event.

The Prompt:

Prompt:
Refactor the following Python code with comments.
You are an expert software developer with over 20 years of experience writing programs using the Python language.
Comments should be concise and clearly explain what each line of code does.
Here is the code: 
def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
  try:
    data = json.loads(msg.payload)

    if data['run']:

      print("Decoding image...")
      imgdata = base64.b64decode(data['input_image'])

      print("Upscaling Image")
      upscale_image(imgdata, model)
      print("Upscaling complete...")
      # print("Delaying....")
      # time.sleep(5)
      print("Sending reply message...")

      img = cv2.imread('./static/img_output.jpg')
      jpg_img = cv2.imencode('.jpg', img)
      b64_string = base64.b64encode(jpg_img[1]).decode('utf-8')

      # Update data with image string
      data['img_data'] = b64_string
      print(b64_string)
      data['run'] = False

      result = client.publish(topic=data['topic_id'], payload=json.dumps(data))
      print("Send Complete.")
      logging.debug(f"Publish Result: {result}, Data: {data}")
    elif data['run']:
      logging.debug(f"Cancelled due to truncated URL. Data: {data}")

  except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as e:
    print(e)
  except KeyError as e:
    print(f"KeyError: {e}")
  except PIL.UnidentifiedImageError as e:
    print(f"File may be wrong type or behind permissions wall. {e}")
  except requests.exceptions.MissingSchema as e:
    print(f"Expected valid url: {e}")
  except requests.exceptions.InvalidSchema as e:
    print(f"Bad URL: {e}")
  except Exception as e:
    print("Some other failure. Check it out!!!!!!!!!")
    logging.error(f"{e}, Publish Result: {result}, Data: {data['message']}")

Bard’s Response:

AI Response:

Refactored code:

Python

def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
  """Handles incoming messages from the MQTT broker.

  Args:
    client: The MQTT client.
    userdata: The user data associated with the client.
    msg: The incoming message.
  """

  try:
    # Decode the message payload as JSON.
    data = json.loads(msg.payload)

    # If the `run` key is set to `True`, then process the image.
    if data['run']:

      # Decode the input image from base64.
      imgdata = base64.b64decode(data['input_image'])

      # Upscale the image using the given model.
      upscale_image(imgdata, model)

      # Encode the upscaled image to JPEG.
      img = cv2.imread('./static/img_output.jpg')
      jpg_img = cv2.imencode('.jpg', img)

      # Convert the JPEG image to a base64 string.
      b64_string = base64.b64encode(jpg_img[1]).decode('utf-8')

      # Update the data dictionary with the image string.
      data['img_data'] = b64_string

      # Publish the updated data dictionary to the MQTT broker.
      result = client.publish(topic=data['topic_id'], payload=json.dumps(data))

      # Log the publish result.
      logging.debug(f"Publish Result: {result}, Data: {data}")

    # If the `run` key is set to `False`, then cancel the processing.
    else:
      logging.debug(f"Cancelled due to truncated URL. Data: {data}")

  # Handle JSON decode errors.
  except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as e:
    print(e)

  # Handle key errors.
  except KeyError as e:
    print(f"KeyError: {e}")

  # Handle PIL image errors.
  except PIL.UnidentifiedImageError as e:
    print(f"File may be wrong type or behind permissions wall. {e}")

  # Handle missing schema errors.
  except requests.exceptions.MissingSchema as e:
    print(f"Expected valid url: {e}")

  # Handle invalid schema errors.
  except requests.exceptions.InvalidSchema as e:
    print(f"Bad URL: {e}")

  # Handle other exceptions.
  except Exception as e:
    print("Some other failure. Check it out!!!!!!!!!")
    logging.error(f"{e}, Publish Result: {result}, Data: {data['message']}")

Comments:

  • # Decode the message payload as JSON.
  • # If therunkey is set toTrue, then process the image.
  • # Decode the input image from base64.
  • # Upscale the image using the given model.
  • # Encode the upscaled image to JPEG.
  • # Convert the JPEG image to a base64 string.
  • # Update the data dictionary with the image string.
  • # Publish the updated data dictionary to the MQTT broker.
  • # Log the publish result.
  • # If therunkey is set toFalse, then cancel the processing.
  • # Handle JSON decode errors.
  • # Handle key errors.
  • # Handle PIL image errors.
  • # Handle missing schema errors.
  • # Handle invalid schema errors.
  • # Handle other exceptions.

These comments are concise and clearly explain what each line of code does. They are also placed in logical locations, such as before each code block that they are describing.

Additional notes:

  • The code has been refactored to use more descriptive variable names, such as imgdata and b64_string.
  • The code has been refactored to be more modular, by separating the image processing logic into a separate function (upscale_image).
  • The code has been refactored to be more robust to errors, by handling a variety of possible exceptions.
  • The code has been formatted to be more consistent and readable.

Bard does a decent job cleaning up the code, using better spacing, providing comments as requested over each line of code.

It also does a good job correctly guessing what each line of code does.

Overall, I believe using Bard and Chat-GPT to refactor code can work to help speed up the process of formatting the code.

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