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Aug 7, 2024
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GitHub Copilot Extensions for C++ developers and beyond now available in VS Code

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

GitHub Copilot is now more extensible than ever for extension authors in VS Code. At the Microsoft Build conference, we announced that VS Code extensions can now leverage APIs for Copilot to build custom chat participants that users can interact with in the GitHub Copilot Chat view in VS Code. To learn more, please watch the Build session on the...

C++CMakeVisual Studio Code
Jul 22, 2024
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Improving GitHub Copilot Completions in VS Code for C++ Developers

Erika Sweet
Erika Sweet

GitHub Copilot code completions are autocomplete-stye suggestions that appear inline as you code. Until today, they have used context from your active file and other tabs open in the editor to inform the suggestion that is returned. However, we know that more contextually relevant input leads to better suggestions. Our team has made changes to the ...

C++AnnouncementVisual Studio Code
Jun 18, 2024
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Understand your C++ symbols using Copilot in Visual Studio’s Quick Info

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

Navigating your codebase and forget what exactly that method does? Looking for quick, easy-to-digest information on your code at any point in your development journey? We are excited to announce that now when you hover over symbols in your codebase, you'll have the ability to invoke Copilot conveniently within the Quick Info dialog to learn more...

CopilotC++
May 13, 2024
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Use AI-Powered Rename Suggestions to rename your C++ variables in Visual Studio

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

We are very excited to announce C++ support for AI-Powered Rename Suggestions from GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022. Seamlessly integrated into your familiar Rename workflow in the IDE, AI-powered rename suggestions dynamically generate name suggestions for any C++ identifier. It will generate proposed names based on its usage and your code's s...

C++Copilot
Apr 10, 2024
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Time Travel Debugging team uses Copilot Chat for C++

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

Ken Sykes and Juan Carlos Arevalo Baeza (JCAB) are both Principal Software Engineers who work on the Time Travel Debugging team at Microsoft, which is the team that maintains and develops the Windows Debugger (WinDbg) and related technologies. Their codebase is developed with C++ and CMake, and they primarily use Visual Studio Code for developing t...

C++Copilot
Apr 3, 2024
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How Copilot is being used by the Time Travel Debugging team for repetitive C++ coding

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

Background  Ken Sykes and Juan Carlos Arevalo Baeza (JCAB) are both Principal Software Engineers who work on Time Travel Debugging at Microsoft. They are part of the team that maintains and develops the Windows Debugger (WinDbg) and related technologies. Their codebase is developed with C++ and CMake and they primarily use VS Code for day-to-day d...

C++Copilot
Mar 13, 2024
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Using Copilot Chat with C++ in VS Code

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

If you are a C++ developer who uses VS Code as your editor, Copilot Chat can help you with many of your everyday coding tasks by allowing you to iterate with your code in natural language. Download GitHub Copilot Chat To access GitHub Copilot and Copilot Chat, you will need an active subscription to GitHub Copilot. Chat features are available...

C++Visual Studio CodeCopilot
Feb 6, 2024
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Quick Tips for using Copilot Chat with C++ in Visual Studio

Sinem Akinci
Sinem Akinci

GitHub Copilot Chat is now available in both Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when you have an active subscription to the service. Copilot Chat is your AI pair-programmer that allows you to speak in plain text through the chat interface to accomplish programming tasks such as understanding sections of code, generating test cases, and generating...

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