Abstract: This Innovative Practice full paper explores how Large Language Models (LLMs) can enhance the teaching of code refactoring in software engineering courses through real-time, context-aware ...

OpenAI Codex has arrived in JetBrains IDEs. Powered by GPT-5.2-Codex, this autonomous coding agent can now debug, refactor, and build features directly within IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, and Rider.

Visual Studio Code 1.108 adds experimental Agent Skills, allowing GitHub Copilot to load custom instructions, scripts, and resources for specialized tasks. Agent Skills are defined in a simple folder ...

What if your code could write itself, refine itself, and improve continuously without you lifting a finger? Below, Prompt Engineering breaks down how the innovative “Ralph Wigum” approach combines a ...

Microsoft is taking an impressive step in modernizing its biggest codebases and will eliminate all C/C++ code by the end of the decade, replacing it with Rust. “My goal is to eliminate every line of C ...

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...

The current Star Catcher code is in a single large .py file. This makes it hard to manage, debug, and build upon. We need to refactor this into a proper object-oriented structure with separate files ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...