GitHub Copilot Intermediate

GitHub's experts will guide your team to leverage GitHub Copilot capabilities through training on good coding techniques, best practices, prompt engineering, and secure coding. Attendees will participate in a 1-hour guided exercise to apply these concepts hands-on.

Topics covered

• Copilot introduction
• GitHub Copilot configuration
• Coding (unit tests, refactoring, and debugging)
• Best practices
• Prompt engineering
• Secure coding (vulnerability detection and remediation)

What you'll learn

After completing this training, you will be able to:

• Apply prompt engineering techniques to generate meaningful GitHub Copilot suggestions and work effectively
• Optimize your GitHub Copilot experience using best practices and techniques to go beyond code completion
• Leverage GitHub Copilot Chat capabilities to accelerate the development process

Customer benefits

• Understand GitHub Copilot's limitations and caveats to improve your Copilot usage
• Enhance the developer experience with expert guidance on using GitHub Copilot effectively
• Go beyond code completion and generation by using GitHub Copilot Chat capabilities

Who should attend

Required:

• Developers - Team Leads - Development Leaders

Optional:

• Project Managers

Delivery details

• Level: Intermediate [200]
• Format: Remote or onsite class
• Type: Training

Prerequisites

Before attending, you'll need:

• GitHub Enterprise Cloud Account
• GitHub Copilot license
• A supported IDE (see GitHub's public documentation for details)
• GitHub Copilot extension installed on your IDE