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Code-search engine for developers
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bloop - Code-search engine for developers

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bloop is an in-IDE code search engine that retrieves relevant JS and TypeScript code examples from library documentation and open-source repos.
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See library function parameters, output, and error-handling - without going to Google.

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Thanks for the Hunt 👋 Give it a try here: It's an exciting time to be a developer as a new generation of AI tools are coming to the IDE. But while Copilot has taken code generation to the next level, code search is still manual. We still open hundreds of Chrome tabs and manually crawl through Google, StackOverflow or Github. Nobody goes to CS school to spend their time skimming Medium articles and CTRL-F’ing through docs. So we built bloop, a neural code search engine for VS Code to help developers find code quickly. bloop pulls in code scraped from Github and library documentation and displays relevant snippets in a sidebar. It highlights patterns that crop up in lots of repos, so you can see what’s particular to a project and what’s idiomatic code. So as you write, you get a sense of how functions are meant to be used. We’ve got exciting new features on the way. We want to make it seamless for developers to benefit from open-source code.
Congratulations on your launch on PH. I am certain this will help solve a number of problems for developers. KUDOS👌
That sounds like a really good extension. How many JS libraries are you supporting? Would like to see if my libraries are supported :)
I would really like to see a list of JS libraries that are currently supported as well
Maker
We support over 1000 JS libraries, and more being added regularly! Here's a list here:
I can find all the libraries I use on daily basis, very cool. Will try it even more when I get back to work
Thanks. I am currently trying to learn jspreadsheet library with an unfriendly documentation. Judging by the notion list, that library is not supported yet. Is there a way for me to ask for this library, like reporting jspreadsheet?
Maker
Of course! You can request a library here and we'll add it ASAP:
Hunter
This looks totally useful — I love where coding is going.
Maker
Thanks Chris!
It's totally awesome! For me it solves 90% of cases when I have to google for something just to see an example of usage. I love it
Are you going to add other languages?
Maker
We're currently focussed on JS/TS, but will look to add other languages in the medium term, starting with Python. Which languages would you like to see in bloop?
I think we need more tools like. Developers spend too much time on things that can be done automatically. Also, it would be really amazing if you could show examples of code from my colleagues because we try to keep the same code style, but our codebase is so large nobody can remember it fully.
Maker
Thanks! We're working on adding support for team codebases, so soon with bloop you'll be able to quickly see how your colleagues have solved similar engineering problems.
I like this extension! Personally, I toggled off auto show feature and open it manually when I need it with the shortcut, I think it's better this way.
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Maker
Just tried this out, I really like it. The interesting, and important, feature is that each snippet has a relevant URL that I can go to and read more about its documentation. This is so much better than having me search documentations.
fantastic tool! this easily cuts the number of times I usually need to leave the IDE and search for code and library examples by 80% and it's only getting better the more libraries are added!
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