📅 Month of Learning 📚 - Copilot 🤖 Community Check-in

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We surveyed 500 U.S.-based developers about how managers should consider developer productivity, collaboration, and AI coding tools. This survey reveals AI’s impact on the developer experience powered by GitHub Copilot. 🚀

Not just that, this week at the Collision Conference we unveiled breaking new research on the economic and productivity impact of generative AI–powered developer tools. The research found that the increase in developer productivity due to AI could boost global GDP by over $1.5 trillion.

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👋 Hello again and welcome to another Copilot community check-in. As you might've seen in the title - this check-in is packed with resources that'll help you learn Copilot effectively. Let’s get started by ✨sparkling some of our amazing community members who stood out this past month.

✨ Meet the Community Champions: Shoutout 📢 to these members

• A BIG round of applause 👏 for @danielalyoshin for sharing the requirements of using Copilot Chat and helping so many other users.
• 💖 Thank You! @werniq for helping @rpayanm make them use Copilot with PhpStorm. We saw multiple users reporting the error WARN - #c.i.o.w.i.s.w.StatusBarWidgetsManager last week but it was just a temporary issue that got resolved after a few hours.
• Short & Sweet! A BIG shoutout 🔈 for @conrizzo - They shared a workaround for a Copilot Chat issue some users experienced temporarily.

How to Setup Copilot Chat in VS Code? ❓

🖐️ Our utmost priority is ensuring seamless access to the information you seek. Copilot Chat has garnered immense appreciation from developers, who have found it invaluable. To facilitate a smooth initial setup, we have compiled the most frequently asked questions to guide you through the process efficiently.

@WirelessLife (Microsoft Principal Cloud Advocate) posted a step-by-step guide to setup Copilot Chat in VS Code. If you have any questions or feedback to share, feel free to post them in the discussion or in the comments below.

👀 We’ve also added other key Copilot X FAQ’s to this discussion.

⚡ Readers Delight - Learn from the Experts! 🔖

• Wanna know how to use GitHub Copilot at its best? ❓ Our Copilot experts have put together a prompt guide for you that explains Top Copilot Prompts, tips, and use cases - This guide will help you write better prompts and get the most out of Copilot.
• Ever wondered 🤔 how code is generated in AI tools? Explore "What is AI code generation" for a satisfying dive into the intricacies of this fascinating technology. Thank us later! 🔙
• Generative AI, Copilot, blah blah blah 🗨️ - who needs it? You're the Ultimate Programmer, so why would you want some pretentious "large" language model helping you? Read Top Reasons NOT to use GitHub Copilot 👀
  • If you already have that figured out ✅ , here how you should be Using Copilot Effectively.
• The ReadME Project: We have three guides in our May edition 📖 , contributed by developers like you, on the different ways they use generative AI such as GitHub Copilot for software development. Wanna get a TL;DR? We’ve got you covered in Using GitHub Copilot for MLOps, TDD, & more 💯
• Is your company using generative AI yet? Get to the Full Story! Explore how generative AI coding tools are changing the way developers and companies build software. 🔍
  • Want to explore the world of generative AI for developers? 🌎 Check out our generative AI guide to learn what it is, how it works, and what it means for developers everywhere. Get the guide >

🎉 Bonus! - Prefer Learning on Video? 🎥

If you have just started your AI learning journey - we have a series on Learning AI with Github Copilot

🎊 Add on Bonus! - Training Modules ⌨️

From Novice to Pro - Learn GitHub Copilot from Microsoft Learn

• In the Microsoft Learn module, you'll learn how to set up GitHub Copilot, understand how it works, and get started with using it in your own projects.

Are the resources above helpful to learning GitHub Copilot ? Do you have other resources that serve you your dose 💊 of AI updates? Let us know in the comments below. 🚀

Previously: ⛽ Fueling Collaboration & Knowledge Exchange - Copilot 🤖 Community Check-in

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