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IntelliCode vs. Copilot comparison

IntelliCode vs. Copilot comparison - Visual Studio Tutorial

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

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IntelliCode vs. Copilot comparison

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- [Instructor] Before showing the Copilot completions, let's clarify how they differ from IntelliCode. Now to show this, I have a table and a markdown document called differences.md, and we can preview that by clicking here. So let's start by talking about execution mode. The main difference here is local versus cloud-based. Copilot completions are powered by large language models hosted in the cloud, which means they rely on an active internet connection to generate suggestions. In contrast, IntelliCode operates locally and does not require an internet connection. Next we have completion scope. The difference here is multi-line suggestions versus single line suggestions. Copilot can suggest multiple lines of code at once. This makes it especially useful for generating boilerplate or helper functions or even entire class structures. Third, we have model flexibility. With copilot, we can choose from different LLMs to assist…

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