Copilot Integrated with Visual Studio for .NET Training in Cork, Ireland

This course provides a complete understanding of how to leverage Microsoft Copilot within Visual Studio for enhancing .NET application development. Participants will learn how Copilot assists in code generation, debugging, refactoring, documentation, and testing. The training includes practical demonstrations and hands-on exercises on C# and ASP.NET projects to illustrate how Copilot improves efficiency in real-world development workflows.

Introduction to Microsoft Copilot

• Overview of AI-assisted development

• Understanding GitHub Copilot and Copilot for Visual Studio

• Installation, setup, and authentication in Visual Studio

• Licensing and configuration options

Working with Copilot in Visual Studio

• Exploring Copilot features in Visual Studio (autocomplete, chat, inline suggestions)

• Using the Copilot Chat and Copilot Inline Assist panes

• Controlling Copilot suggestions and prompt engineering basics

• Best practices for Copilot interaction

Using Copilot for .NET Programming

• Writing C# classes, methods, and LINQ queries with Copilot

• Copilot-assisted OOP design (inheritance, interfaces, polymorphism)

• Implementing business logic and data access layers

• Generating boilerplate and repetitive code automatically

Copilot in ASP.NET Core Development

• Using Copilot for creating MVC and Web API components

• Auto-generating controllers, models, and Razor pages

• Copilot for Entity Framework: writing LINQ queries and data context classes

• Auto-suggesting API endpoints and middleware code

Debugging and Refactoring with Copilot

• Using Copilot to identify bugs and suggest fixes

• Refactoring suggestions (naming, optimization, readability improvements)

• Code completion for async/await patterns and error handling

• Integrating Copilot with Visual Studio Code Analysis tools

Documentation and Testing Automation

• Auto-generating XML documentation and inline comments

• Using Copilot for writing unit tests with xUnit / NUnit

• Mocking dependencies and generating test data

• Creating end-to-end test scenarios and code review assistance

Integrating Copilot with GitHub and CI/CD

• Linking Visual Studio with GitHub repositories

• Using Copilot for pull request reviews and commit message generation

• Copilot in CI/CD workflows and pipeline documentation

• Team collaboration and Copilot policies

Limitations, Ethics, and Secure Use

• Understanding Copilot’s AI model limitations

• Managing confidential code and intellectual property risks

• Responsible AI and prompt governance

• Reviewing and validating Copilot-generated code

Hands-on Exercises

Summary and Conclusion