VS Code Dev Days
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn how to unlock the full potential of VS Code and GitHub Copilot and elevate your coding experience. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this session will introduce you to AI-assisted development workflows, helping you write better code, faster.
💡Get Started
Download VS Code and activate your free GitHub Copilot account for VS Code to be ready for all the hands-on exercises.
💻 Bring your laptop! This interactive session requires your own device so you can practice new techniques in real time.
📅Agenda
6:00 PM - Doors open, brief networking, and food
6:15PM - Talk 1 with Reynald Adolfo: Essential Techniques for GitHub Copilot in VS Code
7:00 PM - Talk 2 with Michael Washington: Vibe Coding Using Visual Studio Code and Blazor: Creating an RFP Responder
7:40 PM - Short break
7:45 PM - Workshop: Hands on project with Copilot in VS Code
8:45 PM - Networking and Wrap
Session Information
Essential Techniques for GitHub Copilot in VS Code: This presentation introduces essential techniques for leveraging GitHub Copilot within Visual Studio Code (VS Code), the open-source AI-powered code editor. It covers the fundamentals of VS Code, highlights its latest AI features, and demonstrates how Copilot enhances developer productivity through real-time code suggestions, agent mode, and multi-model support. You will learn how to customize VS Code for your workflows, code in any language, and collaborate using advanced extensions and cloud-powered environments. The session concludes with a Q&A, providing practical insights into integrating AI-driven tools for modern software development.
Using Copilot and Aspire to create an end-to-end AI application to respond to RFPs (Request For Proposals): Discover how to combine GitHub Copilot with .NET Aspire to build an end-to-end AI application that can automatically respond to RFPs (Request for Proposals). This session will show how developers can integrate modern AI services with Aspire’s distributed app model to streamline workflows, boost productivity, and deliver practical, real-world solutions.
Workshop: GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant that can help you write code faster and with less effort, allowing you to focus more energy on problem solving and collaboration. In this exercise, you'll unlock the potential of this AI-powered coding assistant to accelerate your development process.