Getting Started with Copilot

Get started using GitHub Copilot in less than an hour.

• Who is this for: Developers at any experience level looking to accelerate their code workflow.
• What you’ll learn: The different ways to interact with Copilot to explain, write, plan, and develop code.
• What you’ll build: You will guide Copilot to update Mergington High School’s extracurricular activities website.

Prerequisites:

• Skills exercise: Introduction to GitHub
• Familiarity with VS Code
• Basic coding principles
• How long: This exercise takes less than one hour to complete.

In this exercise, you will:

• Use a preconfigured Codespace to run VS Code in your browser.
• Learn different interaction options to develop and plan with GitHub Copilot.
• Use Copilot to summarize and review your pull request.

Share a link of your GitHub repo and a screenshot of your challenge completion!