pxCode provides a no-code web development tool like WordPress that significantly shortens the learning curve for webpage designers, saving them from having to learn how to split a webpage layout into sections and write code. More than that, pxCode's tool allows webpage designers to export high-quality responsive code to meet wide-ranging customization needs, thereby largely cutting down development costs and time. For traditional webpages to properly display across today's growingly diverse mobile devices, web developers have to transform them into responsive web design (RWD) so that they render well on screens of all sizes. This imposes a great burden on development engineers.
According to pxCode founder Chris Chang, when transforming a traditional website into RWD, development engineers have to split the webpage design into multiple sections, write the code, and then rearrange the layout. The process is complex and cumbersome. In particular, webpages made with no code or low code tools generally have a large amount of useless code. They are a huge hassle for development engineers to work on. There are a lot of design-to-code solutions available on the market but their usability has room for improvement.
pxCode automates the complex work of splitting webpage layout, making web development 20 times more efficient
As a seasoned veteran in web development, Chang established pxCode with his partners in 2023. The aim is to provide an automated tool that creates high-quality responsive webpage code and thereby saves developers from the tedious work of writing line after line of code and checking if the code matches the design. Not only does the tool meet developer needs, but it also enables them to create applications faster and more efficiently. pxCode's tool can automate 80% of code writing. The code it generates is easy to read, modify, and integrate so that developers can focus on designing the programming logic, user interface, and appealing features. Making the web development job at least 20 times more efficient, pxCode's tool has more than 200,000 registered users worldwide.
Chang commented that the traditional approach wherein web developers manually write code corresponding to the page layout is not only time-consuming but also error-prone. A minor mismatch may result in a significant impact on brand image. Combining AI and manual editing capability, pxCode's tool features high precision. It ensures the generated HTML code is 100% correct while staying true to the original webpage design with minimum human interference. Furthermore, pxCode provides a collaborative environment that facilitates collaboration between designers and developers so as to boost project efficiency. Last but not least, the user's original design, for example, a Figma file, can be directly imported to pxCode's tool and converted to an ideal HTML structure.
For example, pxCode's tool allows developers to preview the webpage with just a simple click to see how it renders on different browsers and screens of different sizes. They can also share the webpage URL with others for real-time feedback and updates, thereby increasing project efficiency.
Boasting speed and quality, pxCode expands into global markets
For example, it takes one to two days for a front-end web developer at a well-known web design firm in New York to split a webpage layout into sections. That is, just splitting the webpage layout into sections for a 30-page project requires one to two months. Now with pxCode' tool, it takes about two weeks for one of the firm's developers to complete three projects and split the layout for more than 100 webpages. pxCode' tool helps the firm effectively reduce operating expenses and boost front-end web developers' work efficiency.
Although pxCode's tool has made great achievements, the current code naming quality has room for improvement. To address this, pxCode hopes to make use of the generative AI services made available by Amazon Web Services (AWS) through its participation in the Startup Terrace Kaohsiung AWS JIC program. As a matter of fact, it is now incorporating Claude 3.5 Sonnet, a large language model (LLM) on Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service that makes high-performing foundation models (FMs) from leading AI companies, for code naming optimization as well as proof-of-concept for transforming image files and metadata into program code. It is currently able to achieve up to 80% accuracy in generating code combined with CSS naming and other functions, resulting in significant man-hour savings. After further fine-tuning, this feature will be made available to users in the upcoming product upgrade.
According to Chang, two foreign companies offer similar tools and services to pxCode. Customers indicate that pxCode's tool outperforms competitors in terms of development speed and code quality. In 2024, pxCode is undertaking all-out efforts to expand into the U.S. It hopes to leverage the Startup Terrace Kaohsiung AWS JIC program to make its product even more competitive so as to gain ground in the global marketplace going forward.
pxCode’s AI responsive code editor makes web development 10 times faster
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