Learning GitHub Copilot
Multiplying Your Productivity With an AI Pair Programmer
Published on 22. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-0981-6465-2 (ISBN)
Description
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
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
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
566 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0981-6465-2 (9781098164652)
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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.