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Course Overview
This course explores the use of AI in the context of GitHub Copilot, a generative AI tool for developers. It equips users with the knowledge and skills to use Copilot effectively while mitigating potential ethical and operational risks associated with AI usage.
Who Should Attend
- AI Developers and Engineers: Professionals involved in creating and deploying AI systems who need to understand the ethical implications and governance frameworks.
- Data Scientists and Analysts: Individuals who work with data and AI models, focusing on ensuring transparency, fairness, and accountability in their work.
- Business Leaders and Managers: Decision-makers who oversee AI projects and need to implement responsible AI practices within their organizations.
- Policy Makers and Regulators: Those responsible for creating policies and regulations around AI usage, ensuring that AI systems are developed and used ethically and safely.
Course Outline
1 - Responsible AI with GitHub Copilot
- Mitigate AI risks
- Microsoft and GitHub's six principles of responsible AI
- Module assessment
2 - Introduction to GitHub Copilot
- GitHub Copilot, your AI pair programmer
- Interact with Copilot
- Set up, configure, and troubleshoot GitHub Copilot
- Module assessment
3 - Introduction to prompt engineering with GitHub Copilot
- Prompt engineering foundations and best practices
- GitHub Copilot user prompt process flow
- GitHub Copilot data
- GitHub Copilot Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Module assessment
4 - Using advanced GitHub Copilot features
- Advanced GitHub Copilot features
- Applied GitHub Copilot techniques
- Module assessment
5 - GitHub Copilot Across Environments: IDE, Chat, and Command Line Techniques
- Code completion with GitHub Copilot
- GitHub Copilot Chat
- GitHub Copilot for the Command Line
- Module assessment
6 - Management and customization considerations with GitHub Copilot
- Explore GitHub Copilot plans and their associated management and customization features
- Explore contractual protections in GitHub Copilot and disabling matching public code
- Manage content exclusions
- Troubleshoot common problems with GitHub Copilot
- Module assessment
7 - Developer use cases for AI with GitHub Copilot
- Boost developer productivity with AI
- Align with developer preferences
- AI in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Understand limitations and measure impact
- Module assessment
8 - Develop unit tests using GitHub Copilot tools
- Examine the unit testing tools and environment
- Review the ""create unit tests"" solution
- Module assessment
9 - Introduction to GitHub Copilot Business
- About GitHub Copilot for Business
- GitHub Copilot for Business use cases and customer stories
- How to get started with GitHub Copilot for Business
- Module assessment
10 - Introduction to GitHub Copilot Enterprise
- About GitHub Copilot Enterprise
- How to get started
- Module assessment
11 - Using GitHub Copilot with JavaScript
- What is GitHub Copilot
- Use GitHub Copilot with JavaScript
- Module assessment
12 - Using GitHub Copilot with Python
- What is GitHub Copilot?
- Use GitHub Copilot with Python
- Module assessment