GitHub Copilot Beginner to Pro - AI for Coding & Development
What you'll learn
- Turbocharge your productivity and increase your value as a web developer with GitHub Copilot
- Use GitHub Copilot to generate code from libraries and plugins without needing to refer to documentation
- Generate unit tests and code documentation using GitHub Copilot Chat
- Generate secure code and identify code vulnerabilities with GitHub Copilot
- Learn efficient prompting techniques to get the best out of GitHub Copilot
Requirements
- VSCode installed with the GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat extensions
Description
This course has been updated to use the latest and greatest tools available from GitHub Copilot. These updates include:
June 2025: New lecture on using Custom Instructions with GitHub Copilot.
May 2025: NEW roleplays added including concerns with AI generated code, and interview practice if asked about AI.
March 2025: Brand new section on building an app from scratch with the NEW GitHub Copilot Agent Mode feature (Vibe coding).
Dec 2024: GitHub Copilot now has a FREE tier!
Nov 2024: New lecture on multi-file code generation with GitHub Copilot Edits.
Oct 2024: New lecture on the one true competitor to GitHub Copilot: Codeium AI, + changing between different models in GitHub Copilot Chat.
Sep 2024: Generate secure server side code with Python + use GitHub Copilot in PyCharm. Bonus lectures on GitHub Copilot alternatives like Claude AI, Vercel v0, and the Cursor AI code editor.
Aug 2024: Complete course update to cover GitHub Copilot chat, the GitHub Copilot CLI tool, GitHub Copilot chat in the GitHub Mobile App, + new lectures on GitHub Copilot for React, and generating secure server side code with Express.
Welcome to the GitHub Copilot course! In this course, you will learn everything you need to know about using GitHub Copilot, the revolutionary AI-powered coding tool that helps developers write code faster and more efficiently.
Whether you're an experienced programmer or just starting out, GitHub Copilot can help you write better code in less time. With its advanced machine learning algorithms, GitHub Copilot can suggest code snippets and even entire functions based on your code context, making it easier than ever to write clean, concise, and bug-free code.
Over the course of this online program, you'll learn how to:
Install and set up GitHub Copilot for web development
Effectively use Copilot to generate code snippets and complete functions
Generate unit tests and commit messages using GitHub Copilot
Learn how to get the best out of GitHub Copilot with various tips and tricks
Turbocharge your productivity as a developer!
This course is split into 4 main sections. In the first section we'll create a real-world practical project called "Bucks2Bar", a simple web application using html, javascript, and css, that allows users to input income and expenses for each month of the year, plot it to a bar chart, then download that chart as an image. The majority of this project code will be generated using GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot chat and will allow us to cover a wide range of Github Copilot features.
The second section of this course covers a whole bunch of extra lectures around GitHub Copilot Chat. Features such as the GitHub Copilot CLI tool, various ways to provide context to GitHub Copilot Chat, various ways to initialize a new chat, generating unit tests and commit messages with GitHub Copilot, using the GitHub Copilot Chat feature in the GitHub mobile app, refactoring code, detecting security concerns, tips and tricks + more! In the extras section we'll also revisit the Buck2Bar project and generate server-side code and add functionality to the app to allow users to send a copy of their chart image to their email address. All of this code will be generated using GitHub Copilot Chat AI!
The third section of this course is a self-contained mini course covering GitHub Copilot for React JS development, where we look at generating TypeScript code with React, create unit tests, validation, + more!
The fourth section continues with React by using GitHub Copilot Agent Mode and "Vibe Coding" to build a Next JS surf report application.
This course will guide you through each step of the process, providing practical examples and real-world scenarios to help you master this powerful coding tool. By the end of the course, you'll have the skills and confidence to use GitHub Copilot to improve your coding productivity and take your coding skills to the next level.
So what are you waiting for? Enroll now and discover the power of GitHub Copilot!
Who this course is for:
- Web developers of all skill levels who want to turbocharge their productivity and increase their value as a web developer by leveraging AI to generate code!
Instructors
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 39,082 Reviews
- 132,745 Students
- 21 Courses
Tom has been a web developer for over a decade. He created WebDevEducation to provide courses that provide you with the skills you need to increase your value and thrive as a web developer. Tom's courses are fast-paced, information-dense, project-based courses that waste no time with useless fluff. Why waste 30+ hours on a course that you probably won't finish, when you can learn exactly the same thing in a quarter of the time, have a fully functioning HOSTED project at the end of it AND with the github code to prove you're capable in that technology? Learn popular web development libraries and frameworks with Tom to get ahead of the competition!
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- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 39,082 Reviews
- 132,745 Students
- 21 Courses
Tom has been a web developer for over a decade. He created WebDevEducation to provide courses that provide you with the skills you need to increase your value and thrive as a web developer. Tom's courses are fast-paced, information-dense, project-based courses that waste no time with useless fluff. Why waste 30+ hours on a course that you probably won't finish, when you can learn exactly the same thing in a quarter of the time, have a fully functioning HOSTED project at the end of it AND with the github code to prove you're capable in that technology? Learn popular web development libraries and frameworks with Tom to get ahead of the competition!
(TOMPHILL LTD - 09531652)