To do so, we start writing a test function to let Copilot generate the asserts which we accept just by hitting the Tab key. We are working with an ASP.NET Core API that returns information about an item, and we want to test that. In the example below, we first let it complete our explanation, and then, line by line, we tab through the code that does what we just said in English.Īn important use case of GitHub Copilot is to take some of the drudgery out of writing unit tests.

It is as good at writing natural language as it is at writing code, so in fact it can complete your comments for you.

GitHub Copilot uses a special version of GPT-3 that has been trained on a large body of public source code. What can you do with GitHub Copilot? Convert comments to code We follow responsible practices in accordance with our Privacy Statement to ensure that your code snippets will not be used as suggested code for other users of GitHub Copilot. You can receive suggestions from GitHub Copilot either by starting to write the code you want to use, or by writing a natural language comment describing what you want the code to do. GitHub Copilot provides autocomplete-style suggestions from an AI pair programmer as you code. Your AI pair programmer Get Code Suggestions in real-time, right in your IDE

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