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Experienced for a while Copilot, Let's talk about the feeling of using it .

What is? Copilot？

Copilot yes github A product based on AI Programming aids for , The popular expression is ： Help you write code .

So when it was born , Many articles write ：** Programmers are going to be laid off , Programmer development tools beat programmers ** That's what I'm saying . Is that really the case ？ Let's take a look at what it provides ：

1. According to the code written , Autocomplete code This is the main function , According to the code written by the developer , Automatic completion of subsequent codes
2. According to the notes written , Automatic incomplete code If the developer writes the comments first ,Copilot According to the semantics of annotations , Automatic code generation
3. According to the code written , Generate test code automatically If the developer writes a login() Method , Write below test, Will automatically complete test_login() Related test code

The actual use

After reading the above several main function introductions , It feels really powerful . Don't talk much , Come and have a try .

Apply for the use of

because Copilot It's still in the testing phase , At present, you must apply to use . This is To apply for the address , After passing , I will inform you by email .Copilot Currently, the following three models are supported IDE, The corresponding warehouse address is ：

• Visual Studio Code
• JetBrains
• Neovim

Be careful , Required after installation github To login , Students who fail to pass the application will not be able to use it for the time being , So you must apply before using .

On

Because the author is Android Development , Here is to IDEA/AndroidStudio IDE,Java Examples of practical use of language , To illustrate the actual use .

Code hinting

Write TAG It will automatically prompt when , among The gray part is the code for the prompt ：

java Automatically generate code snippets .png

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Comments are automatically prompted

When you write comments, you will automatically prompt , The first line is my comment , The second line is the prompt code ：

java Comments automatically generate code .png

In addition to these , If the developer writes comments , Whether in Chinese or English , It will also automatically prompt the developer , So it's not just the code that it complements , It also contains comments, etc .

Too many examples , There are no more examples here . Overall, the experience is good , If the developer feels the prompt is wrong , You can use shortcut keys to switch between different prompts , And its hints are not static , As the number of uses increases , According to the usage habits of developers , Give different suggestions , Generally speaking, it conforms to AI The identity of the .

Other languages

Copilot At present, I am good at languages , except Java, It also includes Python、JavaScript、TypeScript、Ruby and Go, The others Not good at What about your language ？

Kotlin

kotlin Automatic code generation ：

dart Auto write findview.png

kotlin Auto write adapter .png

Dart

dart Method parameter prompt .png

dart Automatic assignment .png

dart List Automatic conversion .png

in general , In other languages ,Copilot The tips are also excellent , You can use it safely and boldly .

principle

Copilot So strong , So how did it come true ？ The official explanation is ：

OpenAI Codex  Trained in open source and natural language , So it understands programming and human language .

GitHub Copilot  The Editor Extension sends your comments and code to  GitHub Copilot  service ,

 Then the service uses  OpenAI Codex  To compose and suggest individual rows and entire functions .

Let's be frank , It is based on the code written by the developer , A snippet of code written by the developer , Send to server , And then according to Github Open source code on , Give the best advice , Then return to the developer . The core of the principle is AI, as well as Github A lot of source code on Training data provided .

Safe hidden trouble

The above principle says ,Copilot Will send your code snippet to its server , Is there a potential safety hazard ？ Let's take a look at its statement ：

The developer's individual code snippets will not be shared with other users

https://docs.github.com/en/github/copilot/about-github-copilot-telemetry

Stored code snippets are encrypted , Including your url, Database address , Account password, etc ：

https://docs.github.com/en/github/copilot/about-github-copilot-telemetry

Data access will be strictly restricted , Only the following members can access ：

1. stay GitHub Copilot Team or GitHub Designation of the work of the platform health team GitHub personnel （ Employees and contractors ） visit
2. stay Azure Work on or with Azure Working together Microsoft personnel （ Employees and contractors ） and / or GitHub Copilot The team , as well as
3. stay GitHub Copilot Working on OpenAI staff

https://docs.github.com/en/github/copilot/about-github-copilot-telemetry

in general , Data security is guaranteed . If you are in a sensitive position , Or in projects requiring less confidentiality , Better not to use , In this respect, it is best to align with the relevant policies of the developer company .

Last

Copilot In the process of experiencing , My strongest feeling is , It can intelligently help me prompt some template sample code , The template sample code is common IDE You can't do it .

I would like to call it The strongest code prompt tool , It can't replace developers to write code , It is a tool to help developers assist in programming .

and Copilot The original meaning of is also the meaning of the co pilot , As its description says ：

You’re the pilot



With GitHub Copilot, you’re always in charge.