Copilot Is My Copilot: Pair Programming with an AI

What if you could develop better apps faster? What if you had a pair programming partner who could help you write cleaner code, catch bugs, and even write some code and tests for you, whenever you wanted or needed to do so?

GitHub Copilot is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) code completion tool that can help you write better code faster. It's not a replacement for your hard-won expertise, but it can provide timely assistance. Copilot offers code and test suggestions without judgement, letting you evaluate and consider - then use or discard - logic for inclusion that complements your existing code and style choices. Why overflow your stack when you can use a trained professional?

Come to this session to learn -- from a software developer and licensed pilot -- how to level up your development process using Copilot!

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1. Copilot Is My Copilot Pair Programming with an AI Mark Heckler Principal Cloud Advocate, Java/JVM Languages markheckler@microsoft.com mark@thehecklers.com @mkheck
2. @mkheck Who am I? • Architect & Developer • Advocate • Author • Java Champion, Rockstar • Kotlin Developer Expert • Pilot 🛩
3. @mkheck Latest book https://bit.ly/springbootbook @springbootbook
4. @mkheck Flight Plan • Preflight briefing & clearance • Is this trip really necessary? • Which copilot(s) make the most sense for developers* • Taking flight • Code • Test • Deploy • Landing • Bringing it home • Post-flight briefing * ATM/IMO/this changes rapidly & all other usual caveats 😬
5. @mkheck Preflight briefing & clearance • Is this trip really necessary? • Which copilot(s) make the most sense for developers?* * ATM/IMO/this changes rapidly & all other usual caveats 😬
6. @mkheck Taking flight • Code • Test • Deploy
7. @mkheck Landing • Bringing it home • Post-flight briefing
8. @mkheck Helpful resources • https://github.com/mkheck/copilot • @springbootbook • @mkheck