GeekAcademy 2nd Workshop: Next-Gen Software Development with GitHub Copilot Agents

​🚀 GitHub Copilot Workshop – Elevate Your AI-Powered Development

​Join us for the second in-person meetup of GeekAcademy - an interactive GitHub Copilot Workshop, designed to enhance your coding efficiency and streamline development with AI-driven assistance.

​What You’ll Learn:

​🔹 Foundations & Setup – Get started with GitHub Copilot and explore its capabilities.
🔹 Code Refactoring & Optimization – Leverage AI to improve existing code, generate documentation, and create unit tests.
🔹 Feature Development – Utilize prompt engineering techniques to build and refine new features with Copilot.
🔹 Integration & Automation – Enhance workflows by integrating Copilot with external tools and extensions.
🔹 Custom Extensions – Develop and test your own Copilot Chat extension for a tailored development experience.

​This workshop is ideal for developers looking to maximize productivity, enhance code quality, and harness AI-driven tools for modern software development.

​Workshop overview: 

• ​Gathering & Breakfast 

• ​Opening words and setup 

• ​Introduction to GitHub Copilot and Workshop Overview

• ​Hands-On Workshop Challenges

  • ​Application Overview with GitHub Copilot 

  • ​Refactor Existing App using Copilot ( Code Fixing , Comments , Testing , Code Optimization ) 

  • ​Add a copilot developer with GitHub Copilot Code reviews 

  • ​Develop a new feature using GitHub Copilot 

  • ​Develop a new feature using GitHub Copilot agents 

  • ​Develop a new feature using GitHub Copilot vision

​Prerequisites:

• ​Basic development background (regardless of programming language)

• ​An active GitHub account

• ​Visual Studio Code installed with the GitHub Copilot extension

• ​All GitHub Copilot features are enabled in VS Code settings

• ​Basic familiarity with Git commands (clone, commit, push)

​Technical Requirements for User Workstations:

• ​Operating system: Windows / macOS

• ​Node.js installed (latest version, 20 or higher)

• ​Git installed

• ​Visual Studio Code (latest version) with GitHub Copilot enabled

• ​Optional: VS Code Insider installed for access to Preview features

​​To participate in this event - an email approval is required.