In today’s world where artificial intelligence and programming are deeply integrated, ByteDance launched a remarkable AI programming tool – Trae – on January 19, 2025. This tool is developed by ByteDance’s Singapore company SPRING PTE.LTD, aiming to provide global developers with a more efficient and intelligent programming experience.
This product aims to compete with internationally renowned tools such as Cursor and Windsurf, especially in terms of the user experience for Chinese developers, hoping to fill the gaps of existing tools.
Trae boasts numerous powerful features. It supports both Simplified Chinese and English interfaces, catering to the needs of developers from different countries and regions. Its integrated AI Q&A function can quickly respond to developers’ questions and provide accurate code suggestions, greatly reducing the time spent on debugging and researching information. The code auto-completion feature allows developers to quickly finish writing code, reducing repetitive work. Through Agent technology, Trae can generate complete code snippets according to developers’ needs, even enabling end-to-end development processes, which is very useful for teams rapidly building projects.
# Interaction Modes
Trae has multiple interaction modes.
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In Chat mode, users can input questions or code requirements through a dialog box, and Trae will generate code suggestions or answers based on the AI model.
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Builder mode is even more powerful; users simply need to describe their requirements, such as “generate an image compression tool,” and Trae can automatically generate project code, breaking down the entire project building process into multiple steps, optimizing each link automatically. Users can also preview and control the progress at any time and adjust their requirements at each step.
# Multimodal
Additionally, Trae possesses multimodal AI capabilities, allowing it to accurately understand user needs through uploaded images, simplifying collaboration and improving efficiency.
# Application Scenarios
In terms of application scenarios, Trae performs exceptionally well.
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In web development, it can quickly generate code for static web pages or dynamic web applications and supports front-end page preview and debugging;
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In game development, it can generate basic code for simple games and supports integration with mainstream game engines;
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During data processing, it can easily generate code for data cleaning, analysis, and machine learning data preparation, supporting various data formats;
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In API development, it can quickly generate API requests and backend interface code, even generating API documentation and test code;
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For tool development, it can generate code for practical tools based on descriptions;
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For learning and teaching scenarios, it can generate basic code examples in various programming languages to help beginners understand syntax and logic.
