Github Co-Pilot for Software Project Development

Name: Github Co-Pilot for Software Project Development
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How to enhance your real-life software development skills and increase productivity with boilerplate

Created byVadym Kukhtin

Last updated 1/2024

English

What you'll learn

Explore how modern Generative AI tools like Github Co-Pilot and ChatGPT can be use for software project development
How Github Co-Pilot can help in daily development job in various areas
How to generate code, tests and documentation using Co-pilot
How to fix issues and explain code using Co-Pilot

Course content

3 sections • 22 lectures • 55m total length

Introduction1:21
Quick introductory lesson about:
- Course description
- Course agenda
- Instructor "About me"
Optional: Setup ChatGPT2:10
If you never worked with ChatGPT this is a short intro into it.
Here we explore few notes about usage and appliance of ChatGPT.
We also explore differences between 3.5 and 4 version.
ChatGPT 5 is also on the way!
Setup Github Co-Pilot1:50
Lesson intro to the Github Setup.
- How to setup?
- Which IDE to use?
- Setup VS Code
Optional: Ideation with ChatGPT1:54
Short lesson about how to use free version of ChatGPT to ideate
Sample app features explained4:04
Lesson about main 4 features we will develop in this course using Github Co-Pilot for our equity management app
- Capitalisation
- Initial shares release
- Shares split
- Shares purchase

Setting up Backend project2:35
Start to setup the Backend project with Node.js, Express and Mongoose

Prompts:
- please add mongoose express js typescript plus add all relevant @types with it
Install dependencies & entry file1:48
Install the main dependencies and explore Co-Pilot usage for Dockerising our app.
Architecture of the app + Dockerising the app2:45
Check the app architecture to understand better what to build

Prompts:
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Mongoose models Part 12:21
Create first mongoose model for Companies.
Prompts:
- create an async function called connectDB via mongoose
Connect MongoDB1:33
Connect our dockerised mongo to the app.
Mongoose models Part 22:03
Finish mongoose models setup
Add express routers3:05
Add routers for companies logic.
Prompts:
- create default CRUD express router with BASE_URL
- retrieve companies using ICompany interface and mongoose model
- create a get by id method
- create a POST route to create companies
Continue with routers3:18
Add routers to index file and run our app.
Prompts:
- rewrite it using import instead of require
Creating main service business logic2:36
Starting with main business logic events.
Propmts:
- import Company and Shareholders models interfaces and create 4 async functions capitalisationEvent, sharesReleaseEvent, sharesSplitEvent sharesPurchaseEvent
More business logic2:26
Continue with main business logic events
Even more business logic2:11
Explore how GitHub Copilot suggests code yet may miss business logic. Validate company and shareholder checks, then update shares across owned companies for the split factor and share purchase event.
Update routers with business logic actions3:07
Learn to extend the company's router with business logic actions, handling shares release, capitalization, and share split events, including payload schemas, IDs, and timestamps.
Finish updating routers2:06
Fix a typo and validate the rest api by creating a test company, updating shares through events, and confirming capitalizations, splits, and retrievals via the front end app.
Extra: Explain it and Fix it functions2:53
Explore explain this and documentation features in GitHub copilot to explain code line by line, read references, and generate function documentation with return types.
Setting up Frontend project + Simple CSS suggestions3:47
Setting up Frontend project and hook it up with Backend.
Prompts:
- create react functional component using react query and companies api

Requirements

At least some previous development experience would be good

Description

Welcome to my new course about Github Co-pilot for project development!

This course is targeting one main concept important for real life usage of Co-pilot - project development.

We will use a sample app and go through most stages of software project development with main focus on Development itself.

Main app would be covering up an area of equity management with 4 core methods to write:

Capitalisation of the company
Initial shares release of the company
Shares split of the company shares
Shares purchase by shareholders.

App would be simplified for this course to not overcomplicate the implementation as the main goal of this course is to teach how to use Co-pilot for software development, NOT build a fully-pledged equity management app.

NOTE: I am not an expert in equity management, just curious self-learner.

Main areas to cover are:

How to generate an idea for your next project (using basic ChatGPT 3.5)
How to create a Backend project for your idea
How to use Co-pilot to help boost your development productivity
How to use Co-pilot to fix issues and explain code chunks
How to write tests using Co-pilot.
How to create very simple Frontend app using Co-pilot to hook it up with Backend project

What this course is NOT targeting:

All potential use cases of Co-pilot
Every functionality Co-pilot has
Software development best practices

There are some optional lessons targeting basic ChatGPT usage for project idea generation and enhancement the features set of an existing project.

Who this course is for:

Software Developers, Engineering Managers, Senior Leadership
Engineers curious about Github Co-Pilot basics in real scenarios

Github Co-Pilot for Software Project Development

What you'll learn

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Course content

Introduction5 lectures • 11min

Development with Github Co-Pilot15 lectures • 39min

Tests generation2 lectures • 5min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: