How to setup GitHub Copilot in IDE - Coding Assistance

GitHub Copilot is a collaboration between GitHub and Open AI, it is an AI coding assistant. GitHub Copilot is a code completion tool developed by GitHub (owned by Microsoft) and Open AI (49% owned by Microsoft) that assists users of IDE Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Neovim, JetBrains. It can be integrated with these integrated development environments (IDEs). it give suggestion and autocomplete code. developer can ask their queries and autocomplete code using its suggestion.

Codex Model

GitHub Copilot utilizes an upgraded OpenAI model called Codex, which is modified, production version of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3).

Codex Model some key details:

• It is production version of the (GPT-3), which is a powerful language model.

• It has been specifically fine-tuned for code synthesis and understanding programming languages.

• The Codex model is trained on gigabytes of source code across various programming languages, enabling it to provide context-aware code suggestions.

• GitHub Copilot is evolving further with the introduction of GitHub Copilot X. 

Improvements and Technical Enhancements

GitHub Copilot X - Adoption of GPT-4

• GitHub Copilot X adopting the new GPT-4 and enhancing its capabilities.

• Improved performance and understanding.

• More Personalized developer experience. give suggestion as per user requirement along with provided prompt.

• Improvements in the quality of code suggestions 

• Reduced latency in serving suggestions mean faster code suggestions.

Chat and Voice Interfaces 

• GitHub Copilot X introduces a chat interface within your editor.

• This chat interface is deeply integrated with VS Code and Visual Studio.

• It recognizes what you've typed, provides in-depth analysis, explanations.

• Generates unit tests, and proposes bug fixes.

• GitHub Copilot X includes a voice interface called GitHub Copilot Voice, allowing developers to give natural language prompts verbally.

GitHub Copilot extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) now includes a lightweight client-side model. It uses basic information about the user’s context (such as whether the last suggestion was accepted) to reduce unwanted suggestions and improve overall acceptance rates.

Increasing Inclination to use GitHub

Organizations and developers all over the world use GitHub Copilot to code faster, drive impact, and focus on doing what matters most building great application. It is how much amazing for a developer. The AI coding assistant elevating developer workflows. It is world’s most widely adopted AI developer tool. as per Git hub it has Proven to increase developer productivity and accelerate the pace of software development by 55%.

Impact on Developers:

With these enhancements, GitHub Copilot aims to redefine developer productivity and make complex work easier. GitHub Copilot is now responsible for an average of 46% of a developer’s code across all programming languages, and in Java, that number jumps to 61%.

These enhancements mean that developers using GitHub Copilot experience more accurate and responsive code suggestions, leading to faster coding workflows.

GitHub Copilot Pricing

GitHub Currently available by subscription for individual developers /personal or organization or enterprise.

• Subscription can be set up for GitHub Copilot Individual.

• Subscription can be setup for GitHub Copilot Business, then grant access to members.

• Subscription can be set up a  to GitHub Copilot Business or GitHub Copilot Enterprise, then allow organizations to grant access to members.

Check pricing and Purchase details Yourself from below URL:

https://docs.github.com/en/billing/managing-billing-for-github-copilot/about-billing-for-github-copilot

   To use GitHub Copilot in Your Code IDE :

   1) You need to have GitHub account, 

   2) You need to have GitHub Copilot License / Subscription - developer/business

   3) Add GitHub Account login in Your IDE

   4) You can see GitHub Icon in Your IDE, Click to open GitHub Copilot Chat.

   5) Here You are ready to Chat your Code related query.

Step By Step Setting Up Github Copilot in Visual Studio 2022

1) You need to have GitHub account.

2) Need to have GitHub Copilot License / Subscription - developer/business.

3) Add GitHub Account in visual studio IDE.

4) Go to Extension => Manage extensions.

5) Download and Install 'GitHub Copilot' and 'GitHub Copilot Chat'. restart visual studio it will automatically installed these extensions.

6) Open your Project, Go To => View => Click on GitHub Copilot Chat.  

7) It will open Copilot Chat Window, you can ask any code related question/query,

it will generate response as per your provided Prompt.

for example, I queried How to Write code to read file, it generated output code to read file, i just need to update path of file in code.

I can insert generated code in a new file or copy code.

This is just an simple example to GitHub Code, you can do many many more amazing task using GitHub Copilot.