<p>In a significant move for the software development world, <strong>Google has released Gemini Code Assist</strong>, an AI-powered coding assistant that directly competes with GitHub Copilot and Amazon CodeWhisperer. Powered by Google&#39;s Gemini LLMs (formerly Bard and PaLM), Code Assist is targeted at developers working on large-scale enterprise software, offering AI-driven code generation, debugging, and documentation assistance.</p>

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<h3>What Is Gemini Code Assist?</h3>

<p>Gemini Code Assist is part of Google Cloud&rsquo;s push into developer productivity tools, integrated within <strong>Google Cloud&rsquo;s IDE plugins</strong> for platforms like <strong>Visual Studio Code</strong>, <strong>JetBrains</strong>, and <strong>Cloud Shell Editor</strong>.</p>

<p>It supports multiple languages including:</p>

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	<p>Python</p>
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	<p>Java</p>
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	<p>Go</p>
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	<p>TypeScript</p>
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	<p>Kotlin</p>
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	<p>C++</p>
	</li>
</ul>

<p>And is trained on open-source repositories, internal Google code (where permitted), and documentation to provide real-time coding suggestions and explanations.</p>

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<h3>Key Features</h3>

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