GitHub Copilot

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Understand how to utilize GitHub Copilot across various environments responsibly and securely.
• Learn advanced functionalities of GitHub Copilot and how to best use them.
• Craft effective prompts that optimize GitHub Copilot's performance, ensuring precision and relevance in every code suggestion.
• Understand the intricate relationship between prompts and Copilot's responses and utilize best practices in prompt engineering.
• Understand how to utilize GitHub Copilot's auto-suggestions, multiple suggestions pane, and its ability to adapt to different coding styles.
• Understand how to provide context to GitHub Copilot through inline comments, block comments, doc strings, and other types of comments to enhance code generation accuracy.
• Understand how to interact with GitHub Copilot through natural language conversations to generate complex code, debug issues, and obtain code explanations in real-time.
• Understand how to improve the relevance of GitHub Copilot Chat's suggestions by using scope referencing, slash commands, and agents
• Understand how to interact with GitHub Copilot in CLI to get command explanations, suggestions, and even execute commands based on specific needs.

• AI Developers and Engineers: Professionals involved in creating and deploying AI systems who need to understand the ethical implications and governance frameworks.
• Data Scientists and Analysts: Individuals who work with data and AI models, focusing on ensuring transparency, fairness, and accountability in their work.
• Business Leaders and Managers: Decision-makers who oversee AI projects and need to implement responsible AI practices within their organizations.
• Policy Makers and Regulators: Those responsible for creating policies and regulations around AI usage, ensuring that AI systems are developed and used ethically and safely.

Basic understanding of GitHub fundamentals
 

GitHub Copilot Fundamentals Part 1 of 2 Responsible AI with GitHub Copilot

• Introduction
• Mitigate AI risks
• Microsoft and GitHub's six principles of responsible AI
• Module assessment

Introduction to GitHub Copilot

• Introduction
• GitHub Copilot, your AI pair programmer
• Interact with Copilot
• Set up, configure, and troubleshoot GitHub Copilot
• Exercise - Develop with AI-powered code suggestions by using GitHub Copilot and VS Code
• Module assessment

Introduction to prompt engineering with GitHub Copilot

• Introduction
• Prompt engineering foundations and best practices
• GitHub Copilot user prompt process flow
• GitHub Copilot data
• GitHub Copilot Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Module assessment

Using advanced GitHub Copilot features

• Introduction
• Advanced GitHub Copilot features
• Exercise - Set up GitHub Copilot to work with Visual Studio Code
• Applied GitHub Copilot techniques
• Exercise - Update a web API with GitHub Copilot
• Module assessment

GitHub Copilot Across Environments: IDE, Chat, and Command Line Techniques

• Introduction
• Code completion with GitHub Copilot
• GitHub Copilot Chat
• GitHub Copilot for the Command Line
• Module assessment

Management and customization considerations with GitHub Copilot

• Introduction
• Explore GitHub Copilot plans and their associated management and customization features
• Explore contractual protections in GitHub Copilot and disabling matching public code
• Manage content exclusions
• Troubleshoot common problems with GitHub Copilot
• Module assessment

GitHub Copilot Fundamentals Part 2 of 2 Developer use cases for AI with GitHub Copilot

• Introduction
• Boost developer productivity with AI
• Align with developer preferences
• AI in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Understand limitations and measure impact
• Module assessment

Develop unit tests using GitHub Copilot tools

• Introduction
• Examine the unit testing tools and environment
• Exercise - Create unit tests by using GitHub Copilot Chat
• Exercise - Create unit tests for specific conditions by using GitHub Copilot
• Exercise - Complete the 'create unit tests' challenge
• Review the 'create unit tests' solution
• Module assessment

Introduction to GitHub Copilot Business

• Introduction
• About GitHub Copilot for Business
• GitHub Copilot for Business use cases and customer stories
• How to get started with GitHub Copilot for Business
• Module assessment

Introduction to GitHub Copilot Enterprise

• Introduction
• About GitHub Copilot Enterprise
• How to get started
• Module assessment

Using GitHub Copilot with JavaScript

• Introduction
• What is GitHub Copilot
• Exercise - Set up GitHub Copilot to work with Visual Studio Code
• Use GitHub Copilot with JavaScript
• Exercise - Update a JavaScript portfolio with GitHub Copilot
• Module assessment

Using GitHub Copilot with Python

• Introduction
• What is GitHub Copilot?
• Exercise - Set up GitHub Copilot to work with Visual Studio Code
• Use GitHub Copilot with Python
• Exercise - Update a Python web API with GitHub Copilot
• Module assessment