Chapter 1: Einstein for Developers | Spring '24 Developer Preview: Release Readiness Live
Summary
TLDRAna, a Salesforce product manager, introduces Einstein for developers, an AI assistant in open Beta designed to enhance productivity within IDEs. She highlights new features like clear prompt guidelines, test case generation for Apex to simplify testing, and inline code completion for efficient coding. Ana demonstrates these features in Code Builder, Salesforce's web-based IDE, showcasing how Einstein can generate responses with syntax highlighting and assist in creating test files and code completions.
Takeaways
- π Einstein for developers is an AI assistant tool by Salesforce that enhances productivity within the development environment.
- π The tool recently entered open Beta at Dreamforce, indicating a significant milestone in its development.
- π Clear guidelines have been provided to help users write more effective prompts for the AI, ensuring better task execution.
- π Test case generation for Apex is a new feature that assists developers in starting with testing, a crucial aspect of development.
- βοΈ Inline code completion is now available, allowing developers to see code suggestions within their editor, streamlining the coding process.
- π οΈ Code Builder is a web-based IDE by Salesforce that offers a comprehensive set of tools for coding, debugging, and testing.
- π The Einstein sidebar in Code Builder allows users to input natural language prompts to interact with the AI assistant.
- π‘ Including relevant metadata and schema information in prompts is crucial for the AI to generate accurate and context-aware responses.
- π Syntax highlighting in generated responses is a new feature that improves readability and understanding of the AI's output.
- π§ The 'refresh s object definitions' command is essential for updating the AI's knowledge of custom or standard objects relevant to the task.
- π The 'Einstein generate a test' command automates the creation of Apex unit tests, enhancing code coverage and test automation.
Q & A
What is the role of Ana in Salesforce?
-Ana is a product manager at Salesforce, focusing on the IDE experience and Einstein for developers.
What is Einstein for developers?
-Einstein for developers is an AI assistant tool designed to enhance productivity within the development environment.
When did Einstein for developers go into open Beta?
-Einstein for developers went into open Beta at Dreamforce the previous year.
What are the three main areas of new feature releases for Einstein for developers?
-The three main areas of new feature releases are clear guidelines for writing effective prompts, test case generation for Apex, and inline code completion.
Why are clear guidelines for writing prompts important?
-Clear guidelines help users write more effective prompts by providing direction on structuring prompts and including relevant information.
How does the test case generation feature for Apex work?
-The test case generation feature checks for an existing Apex test file and creates one if it doesn't exist, then auto-populates it with a new Apex unit test based on the method selected.
What is inline code completion and how does it benefit developers?
-Inline code completion is a feature that allows developers to see lines of code completed while inside their editor, enhancing their existing development processes without leaving their workflow.
What is Code Builder and how does it relate to Einstein for developers?
-Code Builder is a web-based IDE by Salesforce that provides access to tools like coding, debugging, and CLI commands within a browser. It is where Einstein for developers is used to demonstrate its features.
What is the significance of syntax highlighting in the generated responses by Einstein?
-Syntax highlighting in generated responses makes the code easier to understand and read, improving the developer's experience when using Einstein for developers.
How does the Einstein sidebar assist in the development process?
-The Einstein sidebar allows developers to write prompts with natural language instructions, which Einstein then uses to generate responses, aiding in tasks like generating test cases and inline code completion.
What is the purpose of the 'refresh s object definitions' command in Einstein for developers?
-The 'refresh s object definitions' command pulls down all relevant custom or standard objects needed for the task, ensuring that the metadata schema is considered when generating responses.
Outlines
π‘ Introduction to Einstein for Developers
Ana, a product manager at Salesforce, introduces Einstein for Developers, an AI assistant designed to enhance productivity within the development environment. She discusses the tool's recent open Beta release at Dreamforce and emphasizes the importance of user feedback in shaping future features. Ana outlines three main areas of new feature releases: clear guidelines for effective prompt writing, test case generation for Apex, and inline code completion. She also highlights the availability of documentation and guidelines to assist users in structuring prompts for optimal results.
π οΈ Demonstrating New Features in Code Builder
Ana provides a live demo inside Code Builder, Salesforce's web-based IDE, to showcase the new features of Einstein for Developers. She starts by ensuring the Einstein extension is installed and then uses the 'refresh s object definitions' command to sync with relevant custom and standard objects. Ana writes a descriptive prompt, including metadata and best practices, to generate a response from Einstein. She also demonstrates the new syntax highlighting feature in generated responses. Next, she uses the 'Einstein generate a test' command to automatically create and populate an Apex unit test file. Finally, Ana shows off inline code completion, which allows her to stay within her workflow while receiving AI-generated code suggestions, enhancing her development process.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Product Manager
π‘Einstein for Developers
π‘Open Beta
π‘IDE Experience
π‘Test Case Generation
π‘Apex
π‘Inline Code Completion
π‘Code Builder
π‘Einstein Sidebar
π‘Metadata Schema
π‘Syntax Highlighting
Highlights
Einstein for developers is an AI assistant tool designed to enhance productivity in the development environment.
The tool has recently entered open Beta, showcasing new innovations.
Feedback from users is highly valued and influences future development.
New features include clear guidelines for writing effective prompts within the product.
Test case generation for Apex is a new feature to support testing efforts.
Inline code completion is now available to supercharge development processes.
Code Builder is a web-based IDE that provides a full suite of development tools within a browser.
The Einstein sidebar in Code Builder allows for natural language prompts to generate code.
Including relevant metadata in prompts ensures accurate responses from the AI.
Syntax highlighting in generated responses improves code readability.
Security enforced mode is a feature that ensures code generation adheres to security standards.
The 'refresh s object definitions' command updates the relevant custom or standard objects for task completion.
AI-generated test cases can be created and populated automatically for Apex classes.
Inline code completion suggests lines of code while editing, streamlining the development workflow.
The demo showcases the practical application of Einstein for developers within the Dreamhouse project.
The Einstein for developers extension is available in the Marketplace for easy installation and updates.
The tool's capabilities are designed to work seamlessly within the existing development environment.
Transcripts
hi everyone my name is Ana and I'm a
product manager here at Salesforce
focusing on your IDE experience and
Einstein 4 developers today I am so
excited to be here talking to y'all
about Einstein 4 developers which
recently went into open Beta at
dreamforce this past year for those of
you who aren't familiar Einstein for
developers is an AI assistant tool
designed to help you be more productive
while you're completing tasks within
your development environment and we have
a ton of new Innovations here to show
y'all today now as always we really
value the feedback that you provide us
whether through release Readiness live
or elsewhere and these are really the
key pieces of info that we use to decide
what to build next so to start off with
we have three main areas that we are
releasing new features for for E Ford so
first up we have clear guidelines to
help you write more effective prompts
within the product so for many of y'all
your you're often looking for a little
bit more Direction in how you should go
about structuring your prompts and
including the relevant pieces of
information with our recent releases
we've put out clear documentation and
guidelines showing you exactly what type
of info to include within your prompts
to get the desired responses you want
from Einstein 4
developers the next two pieces are items
that I'm super excited about that you'll
have been asking for for a while now so
first up we have test case generation
for Apex we've heard from many of you
all that testing is a first class
citizen you want to support it but often
times it's hard to get started with so
we've given you a new AI enabled feature
allowing you to get started with writing
test cases for your Apex code next we
have inline code completion so now you
can supercharge your existing
development processes by seeing lines of
code completed while you're inside of
your editor going about your day so why
don't we take a look look at all of this
in action with a
demo so today I'm inside of code builder
for those of you who aren't familiar
code Builder is our web-based IDE this
went to GA around uh dreamforce of last
year and the great thing about code
Builder is that you have access to all
of those great tools you expect from
your desktop including the ability to
code debug test work with those CLI
commands from right here within your
browser so now that I'm inside of code
Builder I will be working inside of my
Dreamhouse project today and this is an
open-source sample app that is
maintained by our wonderful developer
advocacy team here at Salesforce so the
first step to working with Einstein for
developers is going to be making sure
that you have the extension installed so
I'll head over to my Marketplace and I
can see here that I've not only got
Einstein for developers installed but I
could even update it to the latest
version if I
wanted once you've checked that you have
the extension installed you want to hit
this Einstein sidebar sidebar icon this
goes ahead and opens up the sidebar for
you here you can go ahead and write in
prompts with natural language
instructions describing the tasks that
you're looking to complete today now one
thing that's really important about
writing these prompts is that you want
to include all of the relevant
information about the task you're
looking to complete and this also
includes any medic data that you happen
to be working with behind the scenes
what we're doing is ensuring that all of
that relevant metadata schema is taken
into account when we're working with our
llm to generate those responses for you
so to help us on this task the first
step that you'll need to take as a
developer is to first first run a
command called refresh s object
definitions and essentially what this
does is it pulls down all of the re
relevant custom objects or standard
objects that you need to be working with
for your task today so once I've run
that I can go ahead and add in my prompt
here and you can see here that my prompt
is quite descriptive it's explicitly
calling out the API name for the objects
that I'm working with and it's telling
the model exactly how I want to use the
class and what types of best practices
I'd like to see followed so now that
I've got my prompt here and I've run run
refresh s object definitions I can go
ahead and hit ask behind the scenes
Einstein is hard at work coming up with
the response now the first thing that I
notice here is one of the newest
features that our team has put out which
has given us the ability to have syntax
highlighting in the generated responses
so this makes it way easier for me to
understand and read the code coming out
and you can see that in the response
we've even correctly identified the
different fields that I happen to be
working with for the objects that I
specified that's great and we even have
with security enforced
mode okay so now that I've gone ahead
and I've worked on my latest
functionality for the Einstein sidebar I
want to showcase our test case
generation feature so let's say that
you're working inside of a class today
I'm working on property controller and
I've already got this method that I've
gone through written everything out for
but now I need to generate a test so the
way that you'll go about doing this is
by going ahead right clicking and
hitting this Einstein generate a test
command behind the scenes what this is
doing is it'll check to see if you have
an existing Apex test file associated
with the class that we were just looking
at and if you don't it'll go ahead and
create it for you this is a live demo so
occasionally we don't get the full
response in there but we'll go ahead
here and again just run that same
command and we'll choose that same me
method that I was working with earlier
and now that we have the test file
created it'll just go ahead and autop
populate that new Apex unit test for me
now this test looks good so I'm going to
go ahead and hit accept and just like
that I've got a little bit more Apex
code
coverage okay now last but not least I
want to show off our inline code
completion
capabilities this one is one of my
personal favorites because I get to stay
in my existing workflow
while taking advantage of these new AI
functionalities so here I'm going about
what I typically do with my or enabled
annotation I'm going to create my new
method
here I'll add in the parameters that
we're working
with
and from here I can go ahead and start
seeing completions generated for me from
right there inside of the method body
now if you want to go ahead and hit
accept you can Tab and see those
completions being accepted and it'll
continue to give you more completions
based off of the tasks that you're
looking to complete in this case I'm
pretty okay with what we have so far I
might go in later add in a little bit
more but for now I've gotten in that
initial scaffold of the method that I
was working with using our new inline
code completion
capabilities so I know we talked about a
lot of different things today we got a
chance to see those more effective
prompt writing guidelines in action we
got to see our test case generation
feature and inline code completion so
now I think is a great time for us to go
back to mohi thanks y'all
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