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GitHub Copilot walkthrough

Although GitHub Copilot is now available for some time in VSCode, Visual Studio and almost every other popular IDE, for a lot of people it still feels new and unfamiliar.

If you are one of these people I have some good news for you; the Visual Studio team got you covered. Because a GitHub Copilot walkthrough was added to Visual Studio. This walkthrough is an interactive guide that helps you to understand and use GitHub Copilot’s features step-by-step.

To active the walkthrough, click on the GitHub Copilot icon in the top right corner and choose GitHub Copilot Walkthrough from the context menu:

This will give you a general introduction on what GitHub Copilot has to offer:

 

To be honest I am a little bit disappointed in what this walkthrough shows. My hope was that it would walk you through a set of scenarios, showing how GitHub Copilot can help in each of these cases.

Maybe something for a next Visual Studio Release?

More information

Agent mode for every developer  - Microsoft for Developers

Visual Studio 2022 v17.14 is now generally available! - Visual Studio Blog

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