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.
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 Magazine

Hands On with Copilot Vision: VS Code's Head Start and How the IDE Is Catching Up

AI space! GitHub Copilot's vision and image-based features arrived first in VS Code in February 2025 and have since become ...
GitHub

CodeSonar Extension for Visual Studio Code

This extension from CodeSecure provides access to static code analysis results from a CodeSonar hub inside Visual Studio Code. You will also need access to a CodeSonar hub running CodeSonar 7.1p0 or ...
ADTmag

Microsoft Brings Symbol-Aware, Multi-File GitHub Copilot Editing to C++ in Visual Studio 2026 Preview

Microsoft is bringing GitHub Copilot’s most advanced Visual Studio integration to C++, allowing the AI assistant to tap into the compiler's understanding of whole C++ codebases.
GitHub

Liberty Tools for Visual Studio Code

Note: Requires Visual Studio Code 1.78.0 or later, and Java 17 or later. This page provides an overview of Liberty Tools for Visual Studio Code. For minimum requirements information and detailed ...