Not to be confused with one of its many competitors of the same name from Microsoft, GitHub Copilot is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant that helps the user generate cleaner and more efficient code by offering suggestions that the programmer can utilize in certain Interactive Development Environments (IDE) such as Visual Studio (VS) Code or Azure. IDEs are environments that combine the tools for software development into one central application. These tools include the ability to edit source code, debug said source code, and build executables (files to be executed by the system).
Thankfully, there is no rocket science behind using this tool, simply begin typing and you will begin to see suggestions for the code that you are writing. Copilot provides suggestions in a number of languages from High Level ones such as Python to more intermediate level languages like C++. To accept the suggestions simply hit the Tab key on your keyboard. Visit GitHub’s Copilot quick start overview for more details.