GitHub Copilot - The Complete Guide - 2026

Master GitHub Copilot — the AI-powered coding assistant — from fundamentals to advanced agentic coding with MCP, Agent Mode, and prompt engineering. Prepare for the GH-300 GitHub Copilot Certification while building real projects in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, and React inside VS Code.

Topics covered inside the course:

• What is GitHub Copilot and how you can use it

• What are advantages of using GitHub Copilot

• How to sign up and install it inside Visual Studio Code and JetBrains IDE

• Use GitHub Copilot inside Java Projects - with Spring

• Use GitHub Copilot inside Python Projects - with data visualization

• Use GitHub Copilot inside JavaScript and TypeScript Projects

• Use GitHub Copilot with React

• Prepare for GitHub Copilot Certification - GH-300

Intermediate topics:

• How to use GitHub Copilot chat for general questions and inside a software project

• How to iterate prompts

• Code generation

• 4 ways to interact with Copilot inside Visual Studio Code

In this course you will also learn how to write HTML and CSS faster with GitHub Copilot

Advanced topics: Use JavaScript, Python of Java code examples:

• Complex project: Password checker - prompt and iterate with Copilot

• Setup Unit testing and generate complex tests with Copilot

• Use GitHub Copilot for text generation: code description, commit messages

• Model Context Protocol - implement and use inside Copilot

Course advantages:

• Beyond the basics - after finish, you can directly use this knowledge into production code

• Practical knowledge - presentations are kept to a minimum, we focus on what is really important

• Logical and flexible structure - take the course at your own pace

• Fast paced, concise, most typing cut out - focus on explanations - respect for your time

• Big font, dark background, full HD content, this way it is readable even on a small screen or even tablet.

• Lifetime access

• Certificate of completion to present to your current or prospective employer

• Q&A active instructor

Go beyond the theory and learn from an active instructor, aligned with today's programming demands!

By the end of this course, you'll have a thorough understanding of GitHub Copilot and how to use it to its full potential. Whether you're a seasoned developer looking to speed up your workflow, or a beginner seeking to learn more about the latest tools in software development, this course has something for you.

Join me on this journey and start coding smarter, not harder, with GitHub Copilot!

Update history:

* Jun 2026 update *

General update with the new interface

Agentic AI with Copilot

Chat debug

Prompt files / Hooks / Skills / Agents

External and local models

* Dec 2025 update *

Chat update - with new interface

* Aug 2025 update *

Model Context Protocol - new dedicated section

Learning with Copilot - learning mode

Reading images with GitHub Copilot

Custom instructions

Copilot Agent mode and custom chat modes

* Jun 2025 update *

Copilot Chat - new features

* Jan 2025 update *

Multi file edits - new feature

Copilot chat - updated lecture

* Dec 2024 update *

Spring and Express projects added

Data visualization with Copilot added