GitHub Copilot for Agentic Development (Part 1)

Video length: 13 min 05 sec

GitHub Copilot is presented as an AI pair programmer that supports developers across coding, review, testing, setup, and troubleshooting workflows. 
  • Covers Copilot’s role in the developer workflow, focusing on context-aware suggestions, code explanations, debugging help, and developer productivity. 
  • Explains key interaction modes, including inline suggestions, Copilot Chat, Inline Chat, slash commands, comments-to-code, and multiple suggestions. 
  • Highlights practical use cases such as explaining unfamiliar code, generating unit tests, handling repetitive code, and improving flow during development. 
  • Compares Copilot plans, from Free, Pro, and Pro Plus for individuals to Business and Enterprise for organizations needing governance, security, codebase indexing, and customization. 
  • Walks through VS Code setup, editor configuration, proxy/firewall considerations, diagnostics, troubleshooting, and the GitHub Skills hands-on exercise.