GitHub Copilot workshop

Workshop Content

• Introduction to GitHub Copilot
  • Overview of GitHub Copilot products
  • Deep dive into architecture and data pipeline
  • Security features
  • Overview of LLMs used and limitations
  • Alternative & complimentary tools
• Practical examples using GitHub Copilot
  • Inline Copilot
  • Regular chat and interaction with code document
  • Code generation in multiple documents with Edits
  • Analyse errors in debugging
  • Use Copilot to generate
    • Documentation of code
    • Tests from business rules and vica versa
• Prompt engineering
  • Why prompting matters
  • Use custom instructions to pre-prompt the model
  • Embeddings, tokens and context
  • RAG
• GitHub Copilot Advanced Use
  • Pull Requests
  • Extensions
    • Agents
    • Skillsets
  • Workspace
• Discussions & reflection
  • Risks & Opportunities
  • Software Craftmanship