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Enhance your software development with Github Copilot

Learn to integrate GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code and across your development workflow. Write and refactor code, automate tests, enhance documentation, and improve collaboration with AI-powered tools.

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Improve your software development workflow with GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot helps you write code faster, reduce repetitive work, and focus on more complex problem-solving.

This intensive one-day course provides you the skills to integrate and utilize GitHub Copilot in your software delivery life cycle.

You will explore the newest features and modes, learn prompt engineering to obtain precise suggestions, and see how Copilot can enhance and streamline collaboration in repositories.

By automating repetitive tasks such as test generation, documentation, and refactoring, you can focus on solving complex problems and delivering high-value code.

What you will work with on the course

  • Integrating of GitHub Copilot extension in Visual Studio Code.
  • Using hat, Edits, and Agent modes for different development tasks.
  • Exploring underlying AI models such as ChatGPT and Claude (basic).
  • Applying practical prompt engineering to generate relevant and accurate code.
  • Using Copilot for repository collaboration, including pull request review and Copilot Workspace.
  • Using custom instructions to tailor Copilot to specific projects.
  • Configuring and using MCP servers to interact with external tools and data sources.

Instructor:

The training is conducted by an experienced consultant from Eficode, a European consultancy specializing in Continuous Delivery & DevOps.

The training language and the study material will be in English.

This course gives 
10 Learn & Earn Points.

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No scheduled dates

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The course is for you if you want to use GitHub Copilot to code faster, reduce repetitive work, and improve collaboration.

Target audiences are:

  • Software developers regardless of experience level, who want to optimize their code development process and increase their productivity and reduce daily cognitive load.
  • Tech leads and architects who want to introduce and implement AI-driven tools in their teams.
  • QA/Test personnel who would like to be able to implement automated tests faster.

Benefits for you

Upon completion you will have gained:

  • An understanding of the capabilities and limitations of modern generative AI tools regardless of the specific vendor or tool.
  • The ability to integrate GitHub Copilot into Visual Studio Code for daily use.
  • Skills to navigate and utilize the different modes (Chat, Edits, Agent) to solve specific real-world tasks.
  • Skills to formulate precise prompts, ensuring you receive relevant and useful results for your needs.
  • The know-how to integrate Copilot into workflows around pull requests to improve your team's code contributions.
  • Techniques to use Copilot to quickly generate test code, documentation, and refactor existing code, freeing up time for more complex challenges.
  • The ability to generate automated tests faster, streamlining the testing process and contributing to quicker feedback loops.

Company benefits

  • Enhanced innovation and faster experimentation by reducing the time spent on repetitive tasks.
  • More efficient QA processes with faster automated test creation and higher coverage
  • Improved product stability with fewer errors in production
  • Better talent attraction and retention of talent by offering employees access to advanced AI tools.

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