GitHub Copilot for Professionals

Learn advance GitHub Copilot skills with prompt engineering, AI code review, refactoring, and CI/CD/pull request automation. Collaborate, code, and lead development using Copilot.

Intermediate

15 Lessons

15h

Certificate of Completion

Learn advance GitHub Copilot skills with prompt engineering, AI code review, refactoring, and CI/CD/pull request automation. Collaborate, code, and lead development using Copilot.

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This course includes

16 Playgrounds

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Course Overview

This intermediate-to-advanced course is designed for developers familiar with software development who want to integrate Copilot more deeply into their professional workflows. You’ll begin by exploring the Copilot ecosystem, configuring advanced IDE setups, and understanding the ethical use of AI. Next, you’ll explore prompt engineering techniques for prototyping, debugging, and generating clean, production-ready code. You’ll learn to use Copilot for code reviews, architectural refactoring, and security st...Show More

What You'll Learn

An understanding of how to configure GitHub Copilot for advanced IDE and terminal-based workflows

Understanding of ethical and responsible practices when using Copilot in production environments

Familiarity with prompt engineering to generate, debug, and prototype for customer requirements effectively

The ability to use Copilot to perform AI-assisted code reviews, refactoring, and performance optimization

Hands-on experience implementing CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions and Copilot

What You'll Learn

An understanding of how to configure GitHub Copilot for advanced IDE and terminal-based workflows

Course Content

GitHub Copilot Fundamentals and Advanced Setup

Learn how to set up and ethically use GitHub Copilot with advanced IDE integration for seamless coding support.

Introduction to GitHub Copilot Ecosystem

Advanced IDE Integration and Configuration

Responsible AI and the Ethical Use of Copilot

Prompt Engineering for Diverse Tasks

Explore the art of writing effective prompts for generating code, building quick prototypes, and resolving bugs using Copilot.

Foundational Prompt Engineering for Code Generation Prompt Engineering for Quick Prototyping and Client Demos Prompt Engineering for Debugging and Error Resolution

AI-Powered Code Quality and Refactoring

Use Copilot to enhance code quality through AI-assisted reviews, refactoring, and enforcing security best practices.

AI-Powered Code Review and Guidelines Architectural Refactoring and Performance Tuning Security and Performance Guardrails

Enhanced Collaboration and Automation with Copilot

Boost team productivity by using Copilot for pull requests, CI/CD workflows, and command-line efficiency.

Pro-Level PR Authoring and Summaries CI/CD with Copilot and GitHub Actions Copilot CLI Productivity for Developers

Advanced Copilot Features and Team Adoption

Explore the future of autonomous coding agents and strategies to drive ethical, large-scale adoption of Copilot across teams.

Copilot Coding Agent and the Future Organization Policies and Responsible Use at Scale Fostering a Culture for Team Adoption of AI Engineering

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