WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.750 --> 00:00:04.920 So how can you use GitHub Copilot? 2 00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:09.920 Well, you can of course visit GitHub.com/features/Copilot, 3 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:12.630 the official website of GitHub Copilot. 4 00:00:12.630 --> 00:00:16.020 And there you don't just find a button that gets you started 5 00:00:16.020 --> 00:00:18.930 and provides you more instructions. 6 00:00:18.930 --> 00:00:23.910 You'll also find this plans and pricing button or link, 7 00:00:23.910 --> 00:00:25.350 because it's worth noting 8 00:00:25.350 --> 00:00:28.260 that you can use GitHub Copilot for free. 9 00:00:28.260 --> 00:00:31.140 You can get started with it for free. 10 00:00:31.140 --> 00:00:35.010 Now, there are certain limitations, certain limits, 11 00:00:35.010 --> 00:00:37.470 and you'll have to pay if you exceed those limits, 12 00:00:37.470 --> 00:00:40.440 or you'll have to sign up for a paid plan 13 00:00:40.440 --> 00:00:41.700 if you exceed those limits, 14 00:00:41.700 --> 00:00:44.400 you'll not be charged automatically. 15 00:00:44.400 --> 00:00:47.250 But those limits are actually pretty generous 16 00:00:47.250 --> 00:00:49.560 and should already get you pretty far. 17 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:52.350 And if you find yourself exceeding those limits, 18 00:00:52.350 --> 00:00:55.560 it's probably worth upgrading to the next plan, 19 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:58.440 the Pro plan, for example anyways, 20 00:00:58.440 --> 00:01:00.510 and there also are other plans, 21 00:01:00.510 --> 00:01:03.240 and on this page you also find a detailed comparison 22 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:04.470 of the different features 23 00:01:04.470 --> 00:01:06.720 that are available in the different plans, 24 00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:10.860 but the free plan should be pretty good for getting started 25 00:01:10.860 --> 00:01:13.110 with GitHub Copilot. 26 00:01:13.110 --> 00:01:15.270 On this page, you'll also find a list 27 00:01:15.270 --> 00:01:19.500 of all the code editors and IDs where you can install 28 00:01:19.500 --> 00:01:20.730 GitHub Copilot. 29 00:01:20.730 --> 00:01:23.970 Though the best integration probably exists 30 00:01:23.970 --> 00:01:26.670 for Visual Studio Code, since as mentioned, 31 00:01:26.670 --> 00:01:30.093 GitHub Copilot is by the same team in the end. 32 00:01:31.110 --> 00:01:33.480 And speaking of Visual Studio Code 33 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:37.770 and integrating GitHub Copilot, how do you do that? 34 00:01:37.770 --> 00:01:40.530 Well, of course you should have Visual Studio 35 00:01:40.530 --> 00:01:41.940 Code installed. 36 00:01:41.940 --> 00:01:43.740 You can download it for free 37 00:01:43.740 --> 00:01:48.690 for all operating systems from code.visualstudio.com. 38 00:01:48.690 --> 00:01:51.960 And there you'll also find instructions 39 00:01:51.960 --> 00:01:54.510 on how to install GitHub Copilot 40 00:01:54.510 --> 00:01:58.350 or get started with the free version of GitHub Copilot. 41 00:01:58.350 --> 00:02:02.430 And attached you'll find a link to that documentation page, 42 00:02:02.430 --> 00:02:05.460 which guides you through the setup of GitHub Copilot 43 00:02:05.460 --> 00:02:09.000 in VS Code, though it's really straightforward 44 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:12.930 because in VS Code, you should have this GitHub Copilot 45 00:02:12.930 --> 00:02:15.240 button here in the top bar. 46 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:17.220 And if you can't see this, you should be able 47 00:02:17.220 --> 00:02:19.050 to open the command center 48 00:02:19.050 --> 00:02:22.650 or command palette as it's also called also by going 49 00:02:22.650 --> 00:02:24.630 to view command palette. 50 00:02:24.630 --> 00:02:29.550 And then in there enter, "Use AI features with Copilot 51 00:02:29.550 --> 00:02:32.970 for free" or just, "Copilot." 52 00:02:32.970 --> 00:02:36.600 And you'll find various Copilot related options there, 53 00:02:36.600 --> 00:02:40.440 depending on whether you used Copilot before or not. 54 00:02:40.440 --> 00:02:42.060 But if you click this icon here 55 00:02:42.060 --> 00:02:45.780 or use this, use AI features with Copilot 56 00:02:45.780 --> 00:02:50.490 for free command here, a GitHub Copilot window should open. 57 00:02:50.490 --> 00:02:53.580 And of course the look of that window might also change 58 00:02:53.580 --> 00:02:56.220 over time, but in there you should have a use 59 00:02:56.220 --> 00:02:58.650 Copilot button or some install button, 60 00:02:58.650 --> 00:03:01.320 and if you press that, it'll automatically download 61 00:03:01.320 --> 00:03:04.440 and install all required Copilot extensions 62 00:03:04.440 --> 00:03:06.600 and get you started with it. 63 00:03:06.600 --> 00:03:09.810 Now, you will have to sign into GitHub, 64 00:03:09.810 --> 00:03:12.210 into your GitHub account before you can use it though 65 00:03:12.210 --> 00:03:14.340 so you do need such a GitHub account. 66 00:03:14.340 --> 00:03:16.380 You can of course create one if you don't have one. 67 00:03:16.380 --> 00:03:19.050 It is also free, but you will need to sign in 68 00:03:19.050 --> 00:03:22.650 in order to install and use GitHub Copilot. 69 00:03:22.650 --> 00:03:24.420 But then once you have that account 70 00:03:24.420 --> 00:03:25.710 and once you are signed in, 71 00:03:25.710 --> 00:03:28.380 everything will be downloaded for you. 72 00:03:28.380 --> 00:03:33.210 Alternatively, you could also go to the extensions menu here 73 00:03:33.210 --> 00:03:36.000 and search for GitHub Copilot in there. 74 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:40.260 And this will find you various GitHub Copilot extensions, 75 00:03:40.260 --> 00:03:43.500 which you can also install manually if you want to. 76 00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:46.110 But these are the extensions that have been installed 77 00:03:46.110 --> 00:03:49.050 for you with help of that button we just clicked. 78 00:03:49.050 --> 00:03:52.170 It's the GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot chat extension 79 00:03:52.170 --> 00:03:54.470 at the point of time where I'm recording this. 80 00:03:55.410 --> 00:03:57.840 Well, and with that, with that installed, 81 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:00.900 you are finally set and ready to go. 82 00:04:00.900 --> 00:04:03.510 Now this button up here, which we used 83 00:04:03.510 --> 00:04:06.450 for installing it also allows you to access 84 00:04:06.450 --> 00:04:08.550 some of those Copilot features. 85 00:04:08.550 --> 00:04:11.730 It also allows you to configure GitHub Copilot 86 00:04:11.730 --> 00:04:13.920 or the way it completes your code 87 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:16.110 and in general manage its behavior. 88 00:04:16.110 --> 00:04:18.750 But we'll get back to those settings a little bit later. 89 00:04:18.750 --> 00:04:20.130 For now, let's get started 90 00:04:20.130 --> 00:04:22.773 and let's write some code with GitHub Copilot.