Coding Smarter with GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT Online Course

Coding Smarter with GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT Online Course

This course explores GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, guiding you from setup to advanced use cases that enhance coding and productivity. You’ll learn how ChatGPT works, craft effective prompts, and apply it for research, code generation, and explanations, while also comparing alternatives like Google Gemini. The course then dives into GitHub Copilot, covering installation, prompting techniques, and practical exercises such as building a Tic-Tac-Toe game. With advanced topics, agents, and a premium ChatGPT workshop, you’ll gain the skills to seamlessly integrate AI assistants into your development workflow.

Who should take this course?

This course is designed for developers, programmers, and software engineers who want to boost their productivity using AI-powered coding assistants. It’s perfect for beginners curious about AI-driven coding, as well as experienced professionals looking to accelerate development, debug faster, and write cleaner code with the help of GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT. Students, freelancers, and tech enthusiasts aiming to stay ahead in modern software development will also find immense value.

What you will learn

• Set up and configure GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT
• Create effective prompts for various coding tasks
• Utilize AI tools for research, code generation, and explanation
• Compare and evaluate free AI alternatives
• Apply learned concepts through hands-on projects
• Enhance coding efficiency with advanced tips and tricks

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introduction to the course
• What you'll learn in this course

Setting up the environment

• GitHub Account
• OpenAI Account
• VSCode Installation

ChatGPT - Intro

• What is ChatGPT
• How did ChatGPT learn to code?
• 4 Rules of an Ideal Prompt

ChatGPT - Use Cases

• ChatGPT - Use Cases
• Doing a research
• React app folders and files structure
• Generate the code
• Generate a function
• Generate a React component
• Explain the code - RegEx
• Explaining Python and JavaScript code
• RegExp - Assignment

Free ChatGPT Alternatives: Google Gemini (Bard)

• ChatGPT - Summary
• Google Gemini (Bard) - Overview and Comparison
• AI Assistant in IDE

GitHub Copilot - Intro and Set-Up

• Introducing Copilot
• What GitHub Copilot is
• Setting Up GitHub Copilot
• Installing Copilot and Copilot Chat
• How Copilot Works

GitHub Copilot - Prompting by writing

• Prompt by writing
• Prompt by writing - Part 2
• Rules for prompting by writing
• Practice - Meaningful names
• Opened Files Context

Copilot Chat and Prompting with comments

• Prompting with comments
• Dockerize express app

GitHub Copilot - Agents and useful tips and tricks

•  Agents - @vscode and @terminal
• Agents - @workspace
• Using @workspace agent in unfamiliar repo
• Useful tips and tricks for Git

Practice: Writing the Game

• Generating a Tic-Tac-Toe Game

Extra: Premium ChatGPT Workshop

• Premium ChatGPT Workshop