Boost Your Coding Efficiency with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022 🚀

Edit mode is gone, Agent mode is here! Read more - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/ask-mode-vs-agent-mode/

Want to see how I code every day inside of Visual Studio with GitHub Copilot? Follow along as I show you how I get up to speed on new code bases, refactor code, add documentation, create diagrams, debug exceptions, implement new features, commit code, and even write some code on occasion. Using the latest features of Visual Studio 2022 and GitHub Copilot are a complete productivity boost once you know where to look and how to use them.

GitHub Copilot Free: https://aka.ms/copilot-free-vs
GitHub Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot
GitHub Copilot Blogs for Visual Studio: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/category/github-copilot/
GitHub Copilot Videos for Visual Studio: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReL099Y5nRckZDdcQ21UigO9pKa14yxC

Chapters
00:00 - Intro & App Overview
02:00 - GitHub Copilot Chat - Understanding Code
04:15 - In-line Chat, Documentation, Refactoring, and more
06:50 - Analyzing and improving code while debugging
08:40 - Analyzing Exceptions with GitHub Copilot
10:00 - Adding new functionality with GitHub Copilot Edits
15:55 - Code suggestions with GitHub Copilot
17:20 - Commit & PR Message Generation & Customization
20:35 - Using Extensions to generate Mermaid Charts
22:30 - Wrap-up

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