🧠 ♟ 🔧⚡ Hi all! I'm curious what tools people are using to program for Chess.com --- whether you're writing scripts, working with the API, automating tournament workflows, or analyzing games.
My background is in C# and C++, but these days I'm building tools with Python and using a fully free AI-enhanced setup:
🔧 My current stack:
VS Code (free)
Pylance (free, fantastic Python AI autocomplete)
GitHub Copilot (free-ish if you’re under the usage limit)
ChatGPT-4 (for coding, debugging, and generating samples fast)
Pylance often finishes 10+ lines of code just from a few keystrokes — sometimes even useful 😄 Copilot lets me click an error, ask for a fix, and it will suggest changes. Not perfect, but a huge boost to productivity. You can even right-click code and get detailed explanations or (caution ⚠️) use the refactor option... which may or may not destroy your code 😅
I rarely search through volumes of documentation anymore — ChatGPT and Copilot usually give me a fast starting point or complete snippet.
💬 What about you?
Let’s share what works and build a thread that helps new coders dive into Chess.com dev with confidence!
🧠 ♟ 🔧⚡
Hi all! I'm curious what tools people are using to program for Chess.com --- whether you're writing scripts, working with the API, automating tournament workflows, or analyzing games.
My background is in C# and C++, but these days I'm building tools with Python and using a fully free AI-enhanced setup:
🔧 My current stack:
VS Code (free)
Pylance (free, fantastic Python AI autocomplete)
GitHub Copilot (free-ish if you’re under the usage limit)
ChatGPT-4 (for coding, debugging, and generating samples fast)
Pylance often finishes 10+ lines of code just from a few keystrokes — sometimes even useful 😄
Copilot lets me click an error, ask for a fix, and it will suggest changes. Not perfect, but a huge boost to productivity.
You can even right-click code and get detailed explanations or (caution ⚠️) use the refactor option... which may or may not destroy your code 😅
I rarely search through volumes of documentation anymore — ChatGPT and Copilot usually give me a fast starting point or complete snippet.
💬 What about you?
Let’s share what works and build a thread that helps new coders dive into Chess.com dev with confidence!