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    GitHub & Eficode present

    Leveraging the power of GitHub Copilot

    • November 15 2024
    • London
    • Microsoft Paddington
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    Are you ready to enhance your coding experience with the power of AI?  

    Join us for a 4-hour hands-on workshop designed to help you master GitHub Copilot! This workshop is perfect for developers of all levels who are looking to streamline their coding process by leveraging Copilot’s capabilities and gain a deeper understanding of how it works behind the scenes.

    Unlock the potential of GitHub Copilot 

    You’ll have the unique opportunity to learn from the best—subject matter experts from Microsoft, GitHub, and Eficode will be on hand to guide you through the workshop, provide insights, and answer your questions.

    We will dive into important topics such as what happens with your intellectual property (IP), how the Copilot model is trained, and where your data is stored. Additionally, the workshop will feature demos of Copilot Enterprise, including a showcase of the Copilot Workspace, with its potential to revolutionize collaborative coding.

    Whether you’re curious about the technical details or looking to see Copilot in action in an enterprise setting, this workshop has you covered with firsthand information from industry experts.

    What you will learn:

    • A comprehensive understanding: Develop a deep understanding of GitHub Copilot, learning how to harness its full potential to enhance your coding efficiency and accuracy.
    • A hands-on experience: Gain practical experience through guided exercises, where you’ll apply what you’ve learned in real-time scenarios and tackle open challenges to test and solidify your skills.
    • AI integration insights: Discover how AI can seamlessly integrate into your development workflow, streamlining your coding process, reducing repetitive tasks, and allowing you to focus on more complex and creative aspects of coding.

    Register for event

     
     

    15

    Nov 2024

    10.00-2.00 PM

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    LOCATION

    Paddington

    2 Kingdom St, London W2 6BD

     

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    TYPE

    FREE In-person workshop

    Agenda

    Topics Covered:

    • What happens with my IP?
    • How is the Copilot model trained?
    • Where is my data stored?

      Objective: Provide clarity on these critical questions to ensure participants are fully informed about the implications of using Copilot in their development workflow.

    • Work on exercises tailored to your preferred programming language.
    • Learn how to utilize Copilot’s suggestions to write code faster and more efficiently.

    •  Reflect on the guided exercises and discuss experiences.
    • Volunteers can demonstrate what they’ve built and the prompts they used with

     

    • Tackle more complex, unstructured challenges using Copilot.
    • Experiment with AI-generated code to solve real-world problems.

    • Reflect on the challenges and share insights.
    • Volunteers can showcase their projects and discuss effective prompts used during the challenges.

    • Copilot Workspace: A walkthrough of how Copilot Workspace can enhance team productivity.

    • Other Enterprise Features: Showcase advanced features tailored for larger organizations

    Objective: Demonstrate the potential of Copilot in an enterprise environment, highlighting how it can be a “wow factor” in collaborative coding.

    Recap key learnings and share additional resources for continued practice.

    • Open floor for any remaining questions 

    Speakers

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    Adriaan Knapen

    DevOps Consultant

    Adriaan is a DevOps Consultant at Eficode where he helps clients improve their development processes. He specializes in cloud technologies, modern web development, and optimizing developer tooling experiences. If he’s not using his free time to read HackerNews or fiddle with bleeding-edge technology, he likes to spend time in the kitchen.
    Anna Diaz-Tillman

    Anna Diaz-Tillman

    Software Developer Consultant

    Anna is a Software Development Consultant at Eficode who specializes in modern web development, user interface design, and the GitHub platform. While she has an academic background in Computer Science, she has been a bit of a jack-of-all-trades in the past, with skills in cloud technologies, technical advertising, and marketing as well. Her personal interests include test-driven development, accessibility, user experience, and the use of artificial intelligence in development processes.

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    Eray Ayduran

    Sr. App Innovation Cloud Solution ArchitectMicrosoft

    He has been working as App Innovation Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft for 6 years. He has 12+ years of experience in Cloud-Native Technologies, Azure, and Software Development. Before Microsoft, he used to be Technical Team Lead, and Software Engineer at IBM. He is particularly specialised on Cloud Technologies, Cloud-Native Applications, AI, DevOps, large-scaled online services, web, and mobile application development.