Project IDX: Full-stack application development with generative AI

[@avi12]

So basically it's VSCode Online with a bit more features

[@IsJonBP]

yeah, it's like a mirror to VSCode, and thats what I liked the most!

[@manuel3537]

but we can access those features with just one click.

[@georgeshalvashvili6270]

Yes and it sucks that everything is going online. I can't even play games without internet

[@Arcane_Ayush]

microsoft copies google for edge to make a better browser.. now google copies microsoft for a better VS code ig ?

[@iamrobot396]

it fully online meaning google will close the gates at one point. Google is like giant troll

[@stephenreaves3205]

Big props to citing the repo/license in the AI reponses!

[@MemeConnoisseur]

It hallucinates lol, most of the time bard gives the repos that don' t even have a slight relationship with the codebase. I never tested idx so who knows

[@BooleanDev]

@@MemeConnoisseurall ai models hallucinate, it isn't unique to Bard

[@BooleanDev]

@@alt-art yeah for some reason people go crazy when bard makes things up but not when chat gpt does

[@sufianhaq]

Would love if they could integrate a figma type design tool. This would then become an all in one solution for soo many new startups.

[@neutron417]

Exactly

[@Ironication]

Something like what Codux does would be far better.

[@paraslalit4881]

Dhiwise

[@TarrenHassman]

They used to have a small drag and drop editor for android studio. I miss it

[@hakanaki]

Figma and Codux

[@jeffikus1]

Glad to see PHP included. Hope to see it available fully soon.

[@varunpatkar501]

So VS Code for the UI, ChatGPT chat(similar to Microsoft Copilot Chat) for the AI, but on the cloud (like Cloud9 in AWS). It's a great combination of tools and honestly it's great to see Google catch up in the AI race but it feels a bit too tacked on so much so that the UI is also the same. It doesn't have the classic Google identity or flair that other Google products do.

[@abdullah-ayy]

Totally agree.

[@funkahontas]

The fact that it looks exactly the same as default vscode makes me think this was a rushed get-to-market-quick scheme from Google. Sad.

[@vishakh.b.s6634]

It is really good to adapt existing technologies. Not bad. I feel a good attempt done by Google. See the use and easiness, before criticism.

[@im.Ankushh]

​@@funkahontasActually VS Code itself is Based on CodeOSS and as IDX is also based on that, they are similar

[@walterclementsjr.5947]

does google's android studio have the classic identity you mentioned?

[@guillaumeblanchet4253]

It should be part of the Google Doc Suite. An office suite should come with a code editor nowadays.

[@varma.]

Looks like they're using VS Code 🤷🏻

[@JoshPeterson]

That's what Apps Script Editor is, although it is pretty limited

[@pyarelalmeena3600]

Your language is so simple i can understand whole video a time 🎉🎉🎉

[@sylas9762]

1:04 bro about to pull the raid shadow legend sponsor there

[@ProfessionalBlueprints]

I'm going to be diving into Project IDX. As a trusted tester, I will be providing the highest quality feedback for Googlers.

[@GoogleDevelopers]

Thanks! 🙌 Feedback is crucial!

[@emillinden90]

Nice! 🔥🔥🔥 Looking forward to the sunsetting announcement next week

[@ctwolf]

Oooh, this is getting close. I hope to see google make a serious play into the AI opportunity for cohesive development experience with AI integrations tbh, currently one has to perform a bit of a hackjob and grab a medley of varying tools and services in-order to patch something together which kinda works. But with the context limitations, it is pretty limited. The ability to index the codebase is actually huge, and if this can maintain the codebase as context.... Woooo thats pretty gosh-darn significant. Thanks for taking the time to provide this awesome introduction/tutorial video David (:

[@brian-beeler]

Project IDX looks very promising and as someone that develops Flutter apps on a Chromebook, using the Linux partition to run VS code et al, I truly welcome it with one huge caveat. My concern is Google's long-term commitment to Project IDX. Years ago I bought a Google Glass Explorer Edition setup and was well on my way to releasing an app for it when Glass was abruptly cancelled. All that work was for not. *What happens when I move my workflow to Project IDX just to also see it cancelled?* One thing is cancelling a project people use and it's another to disrupt a developer's work environment. *My question to Google is what's your commitment to supporting Project IDX for at least a few years and not doing another "rug pull" on developers like you did with Glass?* "Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice same on me."

[@EddieVillamor]

Google's retention rate on projects is the reason why I don't like getting into their new stuff. It's much harder when they cancel hardware, however, the outcomes of this software product should be independent of this IDE. In other words, if this project shuts down, we can still migrate to other tools just fine because programming languages are universal.

[@modimihir]

Ya this, can't reliably plan any of your workflows around Google's next experiment.

[@mikehynz]

Stadia :(

[@IsxaaqAcademy]

This is great I spent 7 months setting up the daunting flutter SDK

[@banzai316]

Fantastic, will check it out! Glad it supports Angular and React 👍

[@the0nerens]

Same goes for Vue and Svelte :D

[@sm0na]

I love to see a project from a big player like google exposing users to nix! Even if google kills this project off in a year, any nix experience you gain from it will be forever useful ^ ^

[@seanleeduncan]

Very happy to see support for Svelte !! 🔥

[@calcio437]

We can use also sveltekit? Or only svelte

[@spacegauch0]

The Dreamweaver that developers from 2023 deserved!

[@ejasackey]

I tried it and I'm loving it...they definitely have to make a desktop app for this, and add a way to run flutter apps on-device.

[@ujjaldas680]

Very exciting! Hope a free version will be there!!😊

[@dienstack]

I learn something new from this video. The reverse of racecar is racecar 😂 10:03

[@keicyc4669]

very interesting! can't wait to try it out

[@BinkapS-lt9zu]

I have never been more excited about development 😂😂, Can't wait. Imagine getting an entire app done within a day.

[@Gyooopp]

not for web apps

[@sanjeevdandin9350]

​​@@GyoooppProject IDX is reskinned Code OSS(popularly known as Vs Code only difference is it comes with Microsoft code). Only difference is it gets pre shipped with Google products. Which Microsoft already does with VsCode. Regarding webapps? nah I'd probably stick with VSCode since it already has what ever is being showcased here.

[@haseebkahn4811]

Github copilot has blown my mind! This must be blasting, if it has to win.

[@yanikemannyeoworks]

Game changer! Thank you :) It's my only IDE on my Chrome OS Flex custom tower and Google Pixelbook Go 4K.

[@praveentilavalli2905]

When it will be available to Google account users I have joined to wait list I am very excited that Google is providing such a wonderful platform for developers

[@zawarudo3510]

Finally Coding On iPad getting closer

[@zyst6]

That’s awesome! I love that you guys are doing dependency/env management with Nix too, it’s such a powerful tool! Look forward to seeing what else you have in store in the future

[@GoogleDevelopers]

We really appreciate the kind words! Thank you for being a part of the community 😊

[@fasihbora]

Looks awesome it's good to see something like this.

[@sayantaniguha8519]

I can do the same thing using Replit too right but the only tedious part is connecting to SQL database.

[@myhendry]

It would be cool if idx can make deployment for flutter apps a breeze

[@burgermancan]

expo & react-native ;)

[@DiogoOliveira-v4y]

This will be great in order to understand other people codebases! :)

[@pierruno]

Can you generate a whole codebase?

[@rynn_3988]

3:05 was really tempting 😆

[@joebastulli]

Excited to integrate Flutter with IDX! It'll be a game-changer not having to toggle between my Windows and Mac. Fingers crossed for WebView support in Flutter; it's essential for my web app projects.

[@DumitruBuga-m3n]

Same, mate... Working in startup company, as newbie Flutter dev. don't have mac and have to finish app on september 15th ROFL...

[@XplosionYT]

@@DumitruBuga-m3n did you manage to finish it in time?

[@pierruno]

When can I use it?

[@emcassi_]

I didn’t notice any particularly useful, unique features to this. Guess I won’t be switching editors anytime soon

[@glrbrasil]

Looking good, I'd like to try it for Go.

[@aprilmintacpineda2713]

Hopefully this will go beyond google. I'm hoping to see AWS cloudformation in particular!

[@developerpranav]

I'd love using IDX for React and Next.js

[@AshwinSKumar]

Cool bro

[@karthikeyanmuthusamy1601]

@GoogleDevelopers , The anticipation surrounding the release of the project's IDX for public users is considerable. When can we expect it to become available?

[@ShivnarayanSreeanand]

so with this idx can i use flutter to create apps for ios in my windows machine

[@abhinavsingh1972]

So basically it's codespace with copilot??

[@ZaahidEditzzz]

Hey it has been a month since I joined the waitlist @Google?

[@sounishnath513]

The most awaited ❤

[@mohammadbasyouni7171]

Why did you guys go with NixOS VM rather than using docker or podman (container-based environment)?

[@mble]

Because NixOS is just superior. Not much to say about here.

[@evanjrowley]

@@mble I agree that NixOS is superior, but it would be valuable to get Google's reasoning on this. It would be big for NixOS if Google started promoting it. It would also be valuable to know why NixOS hasn't been chosen for other projects, because it could provide some direction on where it needs to improve.

[@JosueRodriguez08]

NixOS based configuration is just something difficult to get from any other distro, the thing is not contenerizimg, is having a nice environment that is easy to replicate and have all of your necessary tools

[@YadunandanBatchu]

How is this different from Github Codespaces / Gitpod along with AWS Code Whisperer / Github Copilot?

[@AnkushGirotra]

Sick! I cant wait to test how well this scales for larger codebases! ❤❤❤

[@heberthdeza]

Project IDX... what a great idea !!!! :)

[@thisiswill]

IDX shown at 5:30, previous is proj setup. It’s an LLM wrapper displayed inside a VS Code tab.

[@alterWarOfficial]

Took him a solid 10 minutes to write a reverse-a-string application with AI. What a powerful tool, yeah.

[@jayeshshinde5495]

Will we see the Android Studio option in it ?

[@minzugaming]

I hope this is free! I like how this is connected with Ai stuff! Love it!

[@AmarMTV]

Can you add voice-typing to the AI input field?

[@avocado7777]

Oh great! If your startup is building a todo list app it certainly looks great! There might be some issues, but surely AI can deal with that! At the end of the day it can think and solve problems on it's own! It can right? oh wait ..

[@BinkapS-lt9zu]

In the hands of developers it's a great tool, You do more with less time, And you don't need to have a high end computer to use it... You don't spend time installing dependencies.. Well am Excited

[@hawarhekmat1174]

Finally I don't have to buy a 3000$ Mac book PC just to code a flutter app ❤❤❤, you saved me a lot. I'm lucky I got access to it.

[@manuelvega.]

Wait for the subscription price

[@sargon4307]

i need access :(

[@null_spacex]

Anything new gets me excited tbh

[@myreyj]

Cpmo hago para configurar trabajar con java o kotlin en escritorio por ejemplo ?

[@flutterguru3270]

can it create test cases also for a component ?

[@anmolsinghshekhawat4284]

Will it have support for other development tools like embedded development similar to esp idf or free rtos

[@Dragnoid.]

Will it support react native 🥺😥?

[@mycloudvip]

Request: Can there be a way to create / design UI for Flutter Apps? Congrats on this project! Have been to your Chicago Google Office ... Awesome experience!

[@SharunKumar]

I don't need anything else. Just the code indexing + chatting with idx to find which class is where, what does a class do etc itself is a big w. Virtually makes project documentation (almost) redundant

[@muhammedolanrewaju]

Noticed that this is still vscode like the Microsoft vscode running in the browser. It would have felt better but noticed that the extensions are still the same ones in the vscode.

[@treksis]

I'm on the wait list at the very beginning. Please let me tr--y

[@JZL003]

Interesting they use nix, I've heard it has some rough edges if you don't just want to use the default versions of things, with a whole customization language. Maybe this will put more engineers into it

[@claudioconte7943]

will this only available in idx or will it be made as an extenison for vscode?

[@theactualslimshady]

that's nice, combining cloud development with AI tools out-of-box. doesn't replace my JetBrains setup though, already have these things on top of the already awesome JetBrains IDE

[@muneebmohd]

I'll be back when fireship makes a 100s video

[@mockingjay97]

Is there a security setting where we can let it know that a file contains environment variables ?, having a cloud service to access your .env file sounds scary

[@varghesejose507]

whether google idx support importing from bitbucket ?

[@gtarptv_]

I cant get npm to work how do i got about install npm packages?

[@FazriGading]

Incredible. Going to try this!

[@ChuckHirstius]

Can we get Vue support for webapps?

[@luisnomad]

Will this ever become a stable product? I am afraid of choosing it, learning to use it well and then see it killed by Google.

[@cryofwill1416]

so the base os that runs this instance of idx is based on nix os? :O

[@ARCHANRAY96]

Will it take all my CPU and memory to run like android studio?

[@arasusentamil8670]

Hi google can as most of website in world are build with Wordpress can you develop any specialised tools for that

[@intelpakistan]

Cool! Very similar to cursor ide concept!

[@julioconradomarinardila3269]

Excelente herramienta para utilizar nuevos códigos

[@akulgoel9259]

Support for some more languages and frameworks, and I see myself using this instead of any other IDEs or any other tools.

[@MrFACTS-mk1ib]

What a great tool coming our way. loved the presentation. Its VS Code online but on steriods :D

[@Tendeza_]

Why is Flutter constantly being mentioned, yet React Native (the better framework) isn't?

[@kpreddy7106]

I feel an AI extension from google was not allowed in VSCode because of Copilot and Google decided to create its own VSCode - IDX a clone. Soon to be deprecated

[@sentgine]

Can you also support Astro?

[@mnikk1]

There is a typo in description timeline > "Hhmepage"

[@LucianoDeben]

Can IDX AI perform web search?

[@WinterHoax]

Will there be a free version

[@aytijha]

VS Code on Steroids.. LOVE IT!

[@JohnLee-tv5lb]

suddenly being accept to the preview program, but found this just stop updating since Oct 23

[@JohnLee-tv5lb]

well, my fault, it announces its updates on their own blog. Seems like it change it's aim to helping devlopers on intergating Gemeni Api well

[@monkcoder7580]

Awesome 😮 I really liked it hope I will love it too seems amazing to me❤

[@vnc.t]

idx is vscode with extra things?

[@rahulCoding]

wow it's so helpful.... I want it asap😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@DC-lj3rg]

does it work for java?

[@GoblinDigital]

Wondering if I can just use the IDX AI Chat inside my Webstorm

[@SivaxReddy]

this is what Replit do exactly, right?

[@wfkpk]

Yeah more a GitHub code space in that sense

[@TheBadFred]

What is the timeline? When is IDX available?

[@muhammedolanrewaju]

You can't drag a file or folder into the project direactory

[@lukewilliamrimmington]

God damn Google this is awesome! I don't tend to praise massive corporations, but this is sick. To whom developed the main page of IDX I say well done!

[@thekwoka4707]

So why isn't this just a VScode extension?

[@rotopercutorash]

Because DATA

[@evil_onyxx_jr.]

Still waiting on the email. I'm just so excited to try IDX. BTW I hope I can also install my Wakatime plugin in my workspace