@inproceedings{10bca95fefb24a7882f87afa91831307,
title = "GPTutor: A ChatGPT-Powered Programming Tool for Code Explanation",
abstract = "Learning new programming skills requires tailored guidance. With the emergence of advanced Natural Language Generation models like the ChatGPT API, there is now a possibility of creating a convenient and personalized tutoring system with AI for computer science education. This paper presents GPTutor, a ChatGPT-powered programming tool, which is a Visual Studio Code extension using the ChatGPT API to provide programming code explanations. By integrating Visual Studio Code API, GPTutor can comprehensively analyze the provided code by referencing the relevant source codes. As a result, GPTutor can use designed prompts to explain the selected code with a pop-up message. GPTutor is now published at the Visual Studio Code Extension Marketplace, and its source code is openly accessible on GitHub. Preliminary evaluation indicates that GPTutor delivers the most concise and accurate explanations compared to vanilla ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot. Moreover, the feedback from students and teachers indicated that GPTutor is user-friendly and can explain given codes satisfactorily. Finally, we discuss possible future research directions for GPTutor. This includes enhancing its performance and personalization via further prompt programming, as well as evaluating the effectiveness of GPTutor with real users.",
keywords = "ChatGPT, Developer Tool, Natural Language Generation, Prompt Engineering, Tutoring System",
author = "Eason Chen and Ray Huang and Chen, {Han Shin} and Tseng, {Yuen Hsien} and Li, {Liang Yi}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.; 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education , AIED 2023 ; Conference date: 03-07-2023 Through 07-07-2023",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-36336-8_50",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783031363351",
series = "Communications in Computer and Information Science",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "321--327",
editor = "Ning Wang and Genaro Rebolledo-Mendez and Vania Dimitrova and Noboru Matsuda and Santos, {Olga C.}",
booktitle = "Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky - 24th International Conference, AIED 2023, Proceedings",
}