Generative AI is reshaping the software-engineering domain, influencing both developers and researchers. As software companies shift toward AI-powered solutions, the IDE landscape is changing rapidly. This book offers a timely and broader perspective on how these trends are shaping both the short- and long-term evolution of the IDEs and tools developers rely on.

Raula Gaikovina Kula is a Professor at The University of Osaka. He received his Ph.D. from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) in 2013, later joining as a  Assistant Professor from (2013-2016) at Osaka University. He then continued as a Assistant Professor from (2017), later becoming an Assistant Professor (2017-2023), and a Associate Professor (2023-2024) at NAIST. Kula has published over 150 publications in top Software Engineering venues, collaborating with several researchers from across the globe, and is a member of both Editorial and Steering Committees.

Xing Hu is an associate professor at school of software technology, Zhejiang University(ZJU). She  got my Ph.D degree in July 2020 from School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Peking University, China, working under the supervision of Prof. Zhi Jin and Prof. Ge Li. Her research mainly focuses on software engineering, such as AI for SE, mining software repositories, etc.

Xin Xia is a Qiushi Distinguished Professor at the College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University. Prior to joining Zhejiang University, he was a Chief Expert of the Software Engineering Application Technology (2021 - 2025) and the director of Software Engineering Application Technology Lab (2021 - 2024) at Huawei, China. Xin got his Ph.D degree in June 2014 from the College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, China. He worked under the supervision of Prof. Xiaohu Yang and Prof. Jianling Sun. Xin is an ACM Distinguished Member and received the ACM SIGSOFT Early Career Researcher Award in 2022.

Christoph Treude is an Associate Professor at Singapore Management University (SMU). He serves on the editorial boards of journals including TSE, EMSE, and JSS, and will be PC Co-Chair for FSE 2026. His research goal -- getting information to developers when and where they need it -- is gaining new significance in the AI era. Before joining SMU, Christoph worked in Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Germany.