Refraction

Refraction: Learn, improve and generate code with AI is a code generation and development assistant designed to help developers write, refactor, document, test, and optimize code using AI. It supports generating code across multiple languages, creating unit tests, inline documentation, diagrams, and CI/CD pipelines, and also offers utilities to analyze and improve existing code. The platform emphasizes speed, language versatility, and helping developers automate tedious parts of software development.

How it works

1. Paste or select your block of code.
2. Choose the target language/framework or the desired operation (e.g., generate tests, refactor, add docs).
3. Hit the generation action to receive AI-assisted results that you can review and integrate.

Refraction is designed for developers and aims to reduce repetitive tasks such as boilerplate generation, testing, and documentation while promoting modern coding practices.

Key Features

• Generate code in 56 languages across various frameworks
• Create unit tests for your codebase
• Refactor code to modern, cleaner practices
• Add inline documentation and explain code to improve understanding
• Convert code between languages
• Create functions and have AI implement desired behavior
• Generate diagrams using Mermaid for architecture and workflow visualization
• Generate SQL queries tailored to your database needs
• Generate and enforce CI/CD pipelines
• Generate CSS style conversions between frameworks
• Add debug statements to aid debugging and comprehension
• Generate a Content Security Policy (CSP) tailored to your app
• Separate hardcoded literals into variables to improve maintainability
• Generate regex patterns for text processing needs
• Style check to enforce code quality and conventions
• Add types to your code to improve type safety and clarity
• Create documentation inline within your codebase
• Learn new programming concepts with detailed explanations
• Support for multiple editors and environments (e.g., VS Code, Sublime, JetBrains, Visual Studio)
• Access to pricing, changelog, blog, and developer community resources

Core Workflow

• Input: provide code snippets, a description of the desired outcome, or a target language/framework.
• Action: select the operation (generate, refactor, document, test, convert, etc.).
• Output: receive AI-generated code, documentation, tests, diagrams, or configurations that you can review and merge.

Safety and Best Practices

• Use AI-generated content as a starting point and perform thorough review, testing, and security checks before production use.
• Ensure generated code complies with your project’s guidelines and licensing requirements.

Core Features

• Generate code in 56 languages across many ecosystems (e.g., ABAP, Java, Python, JavaScript, SQL, Solidity, etc.)
• Create unit tests automatically from existing code
• Refactor code to modern patterns and improved readability
• Add inline documentation and explain code for clarity
• Convert code between languages and frameworks
• Create functions based on natural language descriptions
• Generate diagrams with Mermaid
• Generate SQL queries tailored to your schema
• Create CI/CD pipelines tailored to your workflow
• Convert CSS styles between frameworks
• Add debug statements to aid troubleshooting
• Generate and enforce a CSP for secure applications
• Move hardcoded literals into variables for maintainability
• Generate robust regular expressions
• Style check to enforce coding standards
• Add type annotations to improve readability and safety
• Generate or improve documentation inline within code
• Learn new programming concepts with detailed explanations
• Integrates with common IDEs and tooling ecosystems