Can a newbie really vibe code an app? I tried Cursor and Replit to find out

I'm not a programmer, but I tried four vibe coding tools to see if I could build anything at all on my own. Here's what I did and did not accomplish.
Computer Weekly

Microsoft open sources XAML Studio

XAML Studio is a rapid software application development prototyping tool that started out life as a Microsoft Garage project. It is intended to help developers to quickly build and preview User ...

I tried vibe coding an app as a beginner - here's what Cursor and Replit taught me

I tried four vibe-coding tools, including Cursor and Replit, with no coding background. Here's what worked (and what didn't).

10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

As independent AI researcher Simon Willison wrote in a post distinguishing serious AI-assisted development from casual “ vibe ...
InfoWorld

Getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio or VS Code

Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to generate code, optimize code, fix bugs, and create unit tests, right from within your IDE ...

Visual Studio 2026 brings AI into your IDE for $50

Available for just $49.99 (reg. $499.99), Visual Studio Pro 2026 builds on what developers already like and quietly makes it ...

‘A new era of software development’: Claude Code has Seattle engineers buzzing as AI coding hits new phase

More than 150 techies packed the house at a Claude Code meetup event in Seattle on Thursday evening, eager to trade use cases ...