Getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022 - Install & Login

GitHub Copilot helps developers stay in their flow and complete tasks faster with the help of multi-line suggestions prompted by their code and code comments.
With the newest version of the extension, if you're already signed into GitHub and add Copilot to your account, it will automatically activate after installing the extension, no more separate sign-in.

Aaron Yim shows how to get started with GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio.

?Helpful links for GitHub Copilot users
GitHub Copilot docs: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/getting-started-with-github-copilot/getting-started-with-github-copilot-in-visual-studio

Signup for the GitHub Copilot Chat Private Preview:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/github-copilot-chat-for-visual-studio-2022/

GitHub Copilot community for questions & concerns: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/categories/copilot

Chapters

0:00 Pre-requisites
0:04 Introduction
0:47 Checking Compatibility (must be VS version 17.5.5 or above)
0:56 Downloading Copilot via Extensions ⇒ Manage Extensions
1:47 Closing Visual Studio and clicking “Modify” to proceed
2:09 Reopening Visual Studio and authentication with GitHub
3:10 Accepting your first Copilot suggestion using the IntelliSense list and [TAB]
3:43 Writing a natural language comment to prompt GitHub Copilot

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