Supercharge your coding productivity with generative AI using GitHub Copilot. In this practical guide, author Brent Laster guides you through using generative AI for writing better code faster, generating tests with ease, creating polished documentation at any stage of development, and more. You'll also explore advanced uses-like leveraging Copilot's Agent functionality to add features autonomously and reviewing pull requests automatically.

Learning GitHub Copilot is for developers, testers, DevOps engineers, and software professionals at all levels. Alongside the fundamentals, you'll dive into Copilot Edits, Agent mode, and Copilot Vision. You'll also learn how to create your own Copilot extensions to expand its capabilities. Whether you're working in Python, JavaScript, or any other language, this book helps you confidently integrate AI into your development workflow.

• Harness real-time AI insights to explore and understand unfamiliar code and algorithms
• Master inline completions and the chat interface to automate common tasks
• Turn natural language prompts into complete functions, tests, and docs quickly and easily
• Optimize AI results with context and prompts to get targeted solutions
• Streamline feature development and refactors with AI assistance in your IDE

About the Author
Brent Laster is an experienced industry technologist and leader. He's a global trainer, author, and the founder of Tech Skills Transformations, a company dedicated to helping people take their technical skills to new levels. Brent creates and conducts training courses on GitHub Copilot as well as helping organizations with adoption.


Book Information
ISBN 9781098164652
Author Brent Laster
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint O'Reilly Media
Publisher O'Reilly Media