GitHub Copilot for System-Level Development

Course details

Dive into the nuances of advanced system-level development with GitHub Copilot. This course outlines advanced prompting techniques; offers challenges that give you hands-on experience in areas like AI-assisted test-driven development (TDD); and shares strategies for debugging and working efficiently with large codebases. Discover the importance of automation as a foundational skill for developers and learn innovative patterns, workflows, and automation tactics aimed at improving your coding efficiency. Whether you're a seasoned developer looking to optimize your workflow or just keen on learning more advanced coding techniques, this course offers tools and insights to help you work smarter.

Concepts

Introduction

Course introduction

Module 1 - AI-Augmented Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Introduction to AI-assisted TDD
Generating complex test suites
Mocking dependencies with Copilot
Challenge - TDD for a new feature
Solution - TDD for a new feature
Evaluating test coverage

Module 2 - Large-Scale Refactoring

Strategic use of workspace
Analyzing cross-file dependencies
Challenge - System-wide code cleanup
Solution - System-wide code cleanup
Enforcing styles and constraints
Generating guidelines for specific tasks

Module 3 - Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Copilot

Generating IaC configurations
Creating Dockerfiles with AI
Terraform configuration generation
Course wrap-up