AI IDEs – What Do You Choose?

Описание: In this recorded Live! 360 session, Brian Randell breaks down the fast-moving world of AI-powered IDEs and developer tools—helping you decide what to use, when to use it, and why. From GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio 2026 to Claude Code, Cursor, and fully local models, this talk cuts through the hype with practical, experience-based guidance.

Through live demos and real workflows, Brian explores IDE-integrated AI, CLI-based agents, and local-first AI setups using tools like Claude, Ollama, and Copilot. You’ll see how agent modes, planning modes, MCP servers, and model selection impact productivity, cost, security, and reliability—and why AI works best as a developer companion, not a replacement.

🔑 What You’ll Learn
• How AI IDEs and agents are changing developer workflows
• The differences between IDE plugins, AI-first IDEs, and CLI agents
• When GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or local models make sense
• How agent mode, planning mode, and MCP servers work in practice
• Cost, context-window, and model-selection tradeoffs
• How to run AI tools locally for privacy, air-gapped, or offline environments
• Why documentation, constraints, and iteration matter when working with AI

⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Session intro + framing
02:30 Setting up the the demo
03:25 Opening the project in VS Code (solution structure overview)
05:31 Start Demo: Claude Code in the terminal
06:02 Initializing Claude in the repo (creating its project context file)
10:38 Plan Mode: requesting new service methods + Dapper data layer
14:05 Current AI IDE landscape & market trends
19:55 Major architectures of AI IDEs: Plugin/Extension, Standalone, CLI/Terminal
22:19 Claude plan review + proceeding with changes
27:13 Market leaders and their distinguishing features
34:15 Visual Studio + GitHub Copilot overview (modes/models/MCP)
43:30 Local AI workflow: Ollama + Continue in VS Code
56:25 Tool roundup: Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains, CLIs
1:03:00 Enterprise Needs: Security, compliance, governance, and audit trails
1:04:00 Final guidance: how to choose what’s right for you

👤 Speaker: Brian Randell

🔗 Links
Download Visual Studio 2026: http://visualstudio.com/download
Explore more Live! 360 sessions: https://aka.ms/L360Orlando25
Join upcoming VS Live! events: https://aka.ms/VSLiveEvents

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