I used GitHub Copilot for 4 months. My 5 Key Takeaways.
What is GitHub Copilot? Your AI pair programmer! It’s an extension in your favorite code editor that helps writing code, using AI.
I use it daily and there aren’t a lot of tools I use daily!
My Key Takeaways:
β Code completion.
It is good, it’s exceptionally good! It often impresses me.
β Convert Comments to Code
Enter a comment describing what you want to do and look at the magic π₯!
β Autofill Repetitive Code
Writing large blocks of boilerplate code? Just input a few examples of the pattern. Copilot will handle the rest.
β Error prevention
Suggestions are the most probable, relevant, and safest code. It reduces the chance of writing errors.
β Finding solutions
Sometimes I go through different suggestions, to see alternative solutions to my problem.