Enhance your coding efficiency with our expert-led 6-lesson GitHub Copilot course tailored for C#/.NET developers. Learn how to seamlessly integrate AI-powered coding assistance into your workflow, automate testing, and boost team collaboration using Visual Studio Code and Copilot Chat. From intelligent autocompletion to streamlined unit testing, this course covers essential techniques to help you write cleaner, faster, and smarter code.
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Below are links to each lesson—feel free to explore and dive into any topic that interests you the most!
| Language | Code | Link to Translated README | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified) | zh | Chinese Translation (Simplified) | 2025-03-05 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | tw | Chinese Translation (Traditional) | 2025-03-05 |
| French | fr | French Translation | 2025-03-05 |
| Japanese | ja | Japanese Translation | 2025-03-05 |
| Korean | ko | Korean Translation | 2025-03-05 |
| Portuguese | pt | Portuguese Translation | 2025-03-05 |
| Spanish | es | Spanish Translation | 2025-03-05 |
| Turkish | tr | Turkish Translation | 2025-03-05 |
| Vietnamese | vi | Vietnamese Translation | 2025-03-05 |
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- a written lesson located in the README
- a challenge or assignment to apply your learning
- links to extra resources to continue your learning
| Lesson Link | Concepts Taught | Learning Goal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Introduction to GitHub | Get started using GitHub in less than an hour. | Introduction to repositories, branches, commits, and pull requests. |
| 02 | Introduction to GitHub Codespaces | Develop code using GitHub Codespaces and Visual Studio Code! | How to create a codespace, push code from a codespace, select a custom image, and customize a codespace. |
| 03 | Introduction to GitHub Copilot | GitHub Copilot can help you code by offering autocomplete-style suggestions right in VS Code and Codespaces. | Creating files that will have code generated by Copilot AI for code and comment suggestions. |
| 04 | Using GitHub Copilot with C# | Use GitHub Copilot, an AI pair programmer that offers autocomplete-style suggestions as you code, to work with C#. | Enable the GitHub Copilot extension in Visual Studio Code. Craft prompts that can generate useful suggestions from GitHub Copilot. Use GitHub Copilot to improve a C# Minimal API project. |
| 05 | Creating a Mini Game with GitHub Copilot | Use GitHub Copilot to assist you in building a C# based mini game. | Craft prompts that can generate useful suggestions from GitHub Copilot to incorporate gaming logic and improve your C# based game. |
| 06 | Getting Started with Copilot for Azure to Deploy to the Cloud | Learn cloud deployment with GitHub Copilot for Azure—your ultimate guide to streamlined cloud success. | Effortless application deployment leveraging Azure’s powerful scalability. |
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