I started researching and prototyping AST editors in 2017 after becoming frustrated with my editor’s lack of understanding of code and the consequent need for me to perform repetitive text updates to carry out conceptually simple code changes. The idea of having an editor that fundamentally understood the structure of code – specifically its AST representation – seemed like a promising avenue to begin creating a better editor.

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