GitHub Copilot Hackathon
Overview
This hackathon aims to accelerate the customer's GitHub Copilot adoption journey by enabling developers to experience firsthand how GitHub Copilot can be leveraged to solve real-world use cases that are relevant to their daily work.
The event encourages collaboration within and across teams. The event starts with some educational content around Github Copilot, setting the foundation for the general event and hacking session. It then proceeds into the hacking and presentations. The event concludes with discussions and closing remarks.
Participants receive support from GitHub experts before and during the hackathon to ensure a productive experience.
What We Cover
Overview of GitHub Copilot
A grounding session on what Copilot is and how it fits into your workflow.
LLMs and Prompt Crafting
How large language models work and how to write prompts that get useful results.
Workshop Introduction
Context-setting before the hacking session begins.
Hacking
Hands-on time to apply Copilot to real problems from your team's backlog.
Workshop Presentations
Teams share what they built and what they learned.
Roundtable Discussion
Open conversation on adoption, blockers, and next steps.
Customer Benefits
What your team walks away with
Faster solution development
Apply Copilot features directly to real-world scenarios and ship faster.
Stronger prompt engineering
Complete coding tasks with greater accuracy and improve overall developer productivity.
New problem-solving approaches
Uncover ways to tackle team-specific challenges through hands-on experimentation.
Internal innovation and collaboration
Create space for shared problem solving that sparks ideas across teams.
Adoption momentum
Showcase quick wins from the hackathon to build confidence and drive broader rollout.
Learning Objectives
Audience and Delivery Details
Required attendees: Developers and event sponsors / leaders.
Optional attendees: Development leaders, engineering managers, and executive sponsors.
Level: Intermediate [200]
Offering type: Training
Format: Remote or onsite class
Customer pre-work: Confirmation that the audience has ALL prerequisites completed
Customer prerequisites
Before this training, the customer needs to have in place:
- GitHub Copilot licenses for all participants
- A supported IDE (please see our public documentation for a full overview)
- GitHub Copilot extension installed in the IDE
- A venue for hosting all participants (if delivered on-site)
