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GitHub Copilot Prompts and Context

Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Up to 2 hours
Students: 2
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Description

In this lab, you will use GitHub Copilot to craft effective prompts and manage the context it uses when generating suggestions.

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to:

  • Understand the implications of zero-shot prompts.
  • Understand the value of specificity.
  • Apply context to shape conversations.
  • Create custom slash commands with prompt-files.

Intended audience

This lab is intended for:

  • Software developers

Prerequisites

You should be familiar with:

  • Basic Python syntax
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Lab steps

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  1. Copilot Login
  2. Zero Added Context
  3. With / Without Requirements
  4. Few-Shot Examples
  5. Prompt-files

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