- This module introduces developers to the GitHub Copilot products, the benefits that GitHub Copilot provides to developers, the GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat product features, and the GitHub Copilot extensions for Visual Studio Code.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
Explain what GitHub Copilot is and the advantages it provides.
Install the GitHub Copilot extensions for Visual Studio Code.
Explain the features of the GitHub Copilot extensions for Visual Studio Code and how to use them.
Configure the GitHub Copilot extensions for Visual Studio Code.
- This module explores the generation of code explanations, project documentation, and inline code comment documentation using the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
Generate explanations of code blocks, code files, and entire code workspaces using the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code.
Generate code project documentation using the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code.
Generate inline code documentation using the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code.
- This module explores using GitHub Copilot autocompletion suggestions to create new code. Autocompletion suggestions are generated, managed, and implemented using the GitHub Copilot extension for Visual Studio Code.
By the end of this module, you're able to:
Generate autocompletion suggestions based on code and code comments using the GitHub Copilot extension for Visual Studio Code.
Manage autocompletion suggestions by accepting, partially accepting, and dismissing suggestions.
Create chat prompts/questions that communicate your intent by using a combination of chat participants, slash commands, chat variables, and natural language text.
Create new code using the Chat View, Inline Chat, Quick Chat, and Smart Actions features provided by the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code.
Manage code update suggestions by accepting, partially accepting, editing, and discarding the suggestions generated by GitHub Copilot Chat.
- This module explores using GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat to create unit tests. Exercises provide practical experience creating unit test projects and running unit tests in Visual Studio Code.
By the end of this module, you're able to:
Create unit tests using the GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat extensions for Visual Studio Code.
Create unit tests that target edge cases and specific conditions using the GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat extensions for Visual Studio Code.
Use Visual Studio Code, the .NET SDK, and the C# Dev Kit extension to create a test project and verify that your unit tests build and run successfully.
- This module explores using GitHub Copilot Chat to develop improvements for an existing codebase. Exercises provide practical experience implementing GitHub Copilot suggestions that improve code quality, reliability, performance, and security.
By the end of this module, you're able to:
Develop prompts/questions for GitHub Copilot Chat that help you to improve the code in your existing code projects.
Implement code update suggestions from GitHub Copilot Chat that improve existing code in the areas of code quality, reliability, performance, and security.
- This module examines the vibe coding approach to app development and how to implement a vibe coding process to create and refine an app using GitHub Copilot Agent.
At the end of this module, you will be able to:
Explain vibe coding and the vibe coding approach to software development.
Create effective prompts for GitHub Copilot in a vibe coding process.
Generate product requirements and wireframe diagrams using GitHub Copilot.
Configure the GitHub Copilot environment for customized responses.
Create a prototype app using vibe coding and GitHub Copilot Agent.
