Getting Started with GitHub Copilot

Get started using GitHub Copilot in less than an hour.

Welcome

Who is this for: Developers at any experience level looking to accelerate their code workflow.
What you'll learn: The different ways to interact with Copilot to explain, write, debug, and develop code.
What you'll build: You will guide Copilot to update Mergington High School's extracurricular activities website.
Prerequisites:
- Skills exercise: Introduction to GitHub
- Familiarity with VS Code
- Basic coding principles
How long: This exercise takes less than one hour to complete.

In this exercise, you will:

Right-click Copy Exercise and open the link in a new tab.
In the new tab, most of the fields will automatically fill in for you.
- For owner, choose your personal account or an organization to host the repository.
- We recommend creating a public repository, as private repositories will use Actions minutes.
- Scroll down and click the Create repository button at the bottom of the form.
After your new repository is created, wait about 20 seconds for the exercise to be prepared and buttons updated. You will continue working from your copy of the exercise.
- The Copy Exercise button will deactivate, changing to gray.
- The Start Exercise button will activate, changing to green.
- You will likely need to refresh the page.
Click Start Exercise. Follow the step-by-step instructions and feedback will be provided as you progress.

Important

The Start Exercise button will activate after copying the repository. You will probably need to refresh the page.