Learning GitHub Copilot (Paperback)

Brent Laster

ISBN 10: 1098164652 / ISBN 13: 9781098164652

Published by O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol, 2025

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Paperback. Harness the power of generative AI in your coding with GitHub Copilot. In this practical guide, author Brent Laster explains what Copilot is, how it works, and what it can do for you. You'll learn how to leverage AI to automate and simplify development, testing, documentation, and more. Software professionals in all roles will find the information needed to supercharge your productivity.Learning GitHub Copilot shows DevOps engineers, software developers, and database administrators how to make the most of the tool's code completion and generation capabilities. You'll understand how to take advantage of the tool's chat interface to get rich, detailed responses. Suitable for all skill levelsno matter what coding language or framework you useLearning GitHub Copilot provides the knowledge you need to fully utilize Copilot.Learn how GitHub Copilot leverages GenAI and what it can doUnderstand when and how to use Copilot's separate inline and chat interfacesExplore ways to use Copilot for creating, testing, documenting, explaining, and fixing codeLearn how to use Copilot for testing frameworks, SQL generation, and Kubernetes manifestsUnderstand how Copilot integrates with IDEs and GitHubDiscover the key strategies, tips, and tricks to make the most of Copilot's capabilities Harness the power of generative AI in your coding with GitHub Copilot. In this practical guide, author Brent Laster explains what Copilot is, how it works, and what it can do for you. You'll learn how to leverage AI to automate and simplify development, testing, documentation, and more. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning GitHub Copilot (Paperback)
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1098164652
• ISBN 13: 9781098164652
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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.