From the course: AI-Powered Development: GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

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GitHub Copilot, the backbone of AI in the IDE

GitHub Copilot, the backbone of AI in the IDE

- [Instructor] This course is about AI powered development in Visual Studio. To be clear, most of the AI features available in Visual Studio today are delivered through GitHub Copilot. It serves as the backbone for intelligent code completions, chat-based assistance, agent driven automation, and even tool integration through MCP servers. GitHub Copilot is more than auto complete. It's a full suite of intelligent tools designed to accelerate your workflow, reduce cognitive load, and boost your productivity. In this video, we'll explore the services GitHub Copilot provides and how they're integrated and enhanced within Visual Studio. Later in the course, we'll dive into each one in detail. Think of code completion as predictive coding as you type or as autocomplete supercharged. Copilot suggests entire snippets from a single line to multiple lines in real time, adapting to your context, your syntax, and your intent. This…

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