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GitHub for Next-Generation Coders

You're reading from   GitHub for Next-Generation Coders Build your ideas, share your code, and join a community of creators

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835463048
Length 384 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Igor Irić Igor Irić
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Started with GitHub FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Version Control and GitHub 3. Chapter 2: Mastering GitHub Essentials 4. Part 2: Collaborative Development Using GitHub
5. Chapter 3: GitHub Features for Collaborating on Projects 6. Chapter 4: Branching in GitHub and Git 7. Chapter 5: Collaborating on Code through Pull Requests 8. Chapter 6: Resolving Merge Conflicts – on GitHub and Locally 9. Part 3: Mastering Git Commands and Tools
10. Chapter 7: Git History and Reverting Commits 11. Chapter 8: Helpful Tools and Git Commands 12. Part 4: Advanced GitHub Functionalities
13. Chapter 9: Leveraging GitHub Actions for Automation 14. Chapter 10: Enhancing GitHub Security Measures 15. Chapter 11: Engaging with the Open Source Community 16. Part 5: Personalizing Your GitHub Experience
17. Chapter 12: Crafting Your GitHub Profile 18. Chapter 13: GitHub Copilot Aiding Code Creation 19. Index 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

GitHub Copilot Aiding Code Creation

In this chapter, we’ll talk about how GitHub Copilot can become your ultimate coding assistant, helping you code easily. GitHub Copilot offers real-time code suggestions across various programming languages, significantly improving your coding efficiency and creativity. Through this chapter, you’ll learn to use Copilot for generating code snippets, best practices, and even conducting unit testing, all aimed at improving your coding projects. By the end of this chapter, you will be proficient in utilizing GitHub Copilot to streamline your coding process, create cleaner code, and, consequently, speed up your learning curve in new programming languages.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • Understanding GitHub Copilot, your coding assistant
  • Code completion and suggestions with Copilot
  • Using Copilot for clean code and best practices
  • Prompt engineering with GitHub Copilot
  • Is GitHub...
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