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Program overview
Online
On-site
Hybrid
GitHub Copilot for Developers
A practical grounding in Copilot for day-to-day development. Covers setup across IDEs, effective prompting, refactoring, testing and debugging with AI assistance, and the review habits that keep code quality intact. Language-agnostic, with labs run in your own stack.
Duration:
2 Days
Level:
Beginner
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1500+ users onboarded
Who will Benefit from this Training?
Training Objectives
Build a high-performing, job-ready tech team.
Personalise your team’s upskilling roadmap and design a befitting, hands-on training program with Uptut
Key training modules
Comprehensive, hands-on modules designed to take you from basics to advanced concepts
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- Getting Started with Copilot
- What Copilot is and how suggestions are actually generated
- Setup across VS Code, JetBrains and Visual Studio
- Plans and which features are available at each tier
- Settings, keybindings and turning it off where it does not belong
- Completions and Inline Assistance
- Accepting, rejecting and cycling through suggestions
- Next edit suggestions and following a change through a file
- Comment-driven development and where it breaks down
- Working across languages and unfamiliar frameworks
- Hands-on: implement a feature using completions alone
- Copilot Chat in Practice
- Ask mode for explanation, exploration and unfamiliar code
- Edit mode for scoped multi-file changes
- Referencing files, selections and workspace context
- Slash commands and built-in shortcuts worth memorising
- Hands-on: build a small feature using chat
- Prompting for Code
- Intent, scope and constraints in a code-specific context
- Supplying the right context without overloading the request
- Asking for alternatives and trade-off explanations
- Recovering when suggestions head in the wrong direction
- Refactoring, Testing and Debugging
- Understanding unfamiliar or legacy code quickly
- Refactoring safely by establishing test coverage first
- Generating and extending unit tests
- Debugging, error explanation and documentation generation
- Hands-on: refactor and test an existing module in your own stack
- Reviewing AI Output and Responsible Use
- Common failure modes: code that is plausible and wrong
- What always needs verification before it reaches a commit
- Security, secrets and dependency risks in generated code
- Licensing, content exclusion and organisational policy
- Building a personal review checklist you will actually follow
Hands-on Experience with Tools
Training Delivery Format
Flexible, comprehensive training designed to fit your schedule and learning preferences
Opt-in Certifications
AWS, Scrum.org, DASA & more
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100% Live
on-site/online training
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Hands-on
Labs and capstone projects
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Lifetime Access
to training material and sessions
Skill-Gap Assessment
Analysing skill gap and assessing business requirements to craft a unique program
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Personalisation
Customising curriculum and projects to prepare your team for challenges within your industry
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Implementation
Supplementing training with consulting support to ensure implementation in real projects
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Why this course
- Speed without decay: Ship faster while keeping the review discipline that protects the codebase.
- Language-agnostic: Labs run in your team's actual stack rather than a fixed demo language.
- Prompting that works on code: Practical technique for intent, scope and constraints, not generic prompt theory.
- Honest about limits: Clear guidance on what to always verify and where Copilot reliably misleads.
Training objectives
- Set up and configure Copilot across VS Code, JetBrains and Visual Studio
- Use inline completions and next edit suggestions effectively
- Work fluently in Copilot Chat across ask and edit modes
- Prompt for code with clear intent, scope and constraints
- Refactor, document and debug existing code with AI assistance
- Generate and strengthen test coverage
- Review AI-generated output critically and know what always needs verification
- Apply privacy, licensing and responsible-use practice in daily work
Who will benefit
- Software developers new to AI coding assistants
- Engineers standardising Copilot use across a team
- Technical leads evaluating Copilot for adoption
- Graduate and early-career engineers
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Frequently Asked Questions
2. Will my team get any practical experience with this training?
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With our focus on experiential learning, we have made the training as hands-on as possible with assignments, quizzes and capstone projects, and a lab where trainees will learn by doing tasks live.
3. What is your mode of delivery - online or on-site?
We conduct both online and on-site training sessions. You can choose any according to the convenience of your team.
4. Will trainees get certified?
Yes, all trainees will get certificates issued by Uptut under the guidance of industry experts.
5. What do we do if we need further support after the training?
We have an incredible team of mentors that are available for consultations in case your team needs further assistance. Our experienced team of mentors is ready to guide your team and resolve their queries to utilize the training in the best possible way. Just book a consultation to get support.