Generative AI for Software Development Building Software Faster and More Effectively
Generative AI for Software Development by Sergio Pereira, published by O’Reilly Media, Incorporated in August 2025, is a practical guide that explores the impact of artificial intelligence on software development. This 168-page book addresses the rapid evolution of AI tools and their implications for software engineers, product builders, and CTOs. Pereira shares insights from his extensive testing of various AI tools, offering readers essential guidance to navigate the complexities of modern software development.
The book delves into AI tool comparisons, practical workflows, and real-world case studies, providing critical evaluations of tools, their use cases, and limitations. Readers will find discussions on how code generation and autocompletion assistants are reshaping the developer experience, as well as methods for rating these tools based on real-world coding challenges. Additionally, the text covers AI’s role in UI/UX design, code reviews, bug detection, software testing, and technical writing, presenting a coherent framework for evaluating future tools and workflows in the ever-evolving landscape of software development.
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In just a few short years, AI has transformed software development, and snazzy new tools continue to arrive, with no let-up in sight. How, as a software engineer, product builder, or CTO, do you keep up? This practical book is the result of Sergio Pereira’s mission to test every AI tool he could find and provide practitioners with much-needed guidance through the commotion.
Generative AI for Software Development focuses on AI tool comparisons, practical workflows, and real-world case studies, with each chapter encompassing critical evaluations of the tools, their use cases, and their limitations. While product reviews are always relevant, the book goes further and delivers to readers a coherent framework for evaluating the tools and workflows of the future, which will continue to complicate the work of software development.
- Learn how code generation and autocompletion assistants are reshaping the developer experience
- Discover a consistent method for rating code-generation tools based on real-world coding challenges
- Explore the GenAI tools transforming UI/UX design and frontend development
- Learn how AI is streamlining code reviews and bug detection
- Review tools that are simplifying software testing and QA
- Explore AI for documentation and technical writing
- Understand how modern LLMs have redefined what chatbots can do
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