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Microsoft Copilot Learnings

These are notes taken while training on Microsoft Copilot technologies following this Microsoft Build event in May, 2024.

Table of Contents

• Build An Auto Suggest Engine Using Copilot
• Intro to Copilot in MS Power Platform
• References
• Footer

Build An Auto Suggest Engine Using Copilot

These notes were taken while working through MSLearn's Cloud Skills Challenge, Module "Guided Project - Build Auto Suggest Engine With Copilot".

Auto-Suggest Project Objectives

• Interpret code with Copilot
• Author code with Copilot
• Debug code with Copilot

Handy-Dandy Prompting

Use 'Explain This':

• Highlight code.
• Right-click and select Copilot and then select Explain This.
• Use Copilot Chat to tell it to explain the highlighted code line-by-line.

Use 'Generate docs':

• Highlight code.
• Right-click and select Copilot and then select Generate Docs.
• Use Copilot Chat to tell it to generate documentation for the highlighted code.

Prompt Copilot To Be More Specific:

• Add comments that specify what is wanted.
• [Tab] or > arrow through the Suggestions (assuming there is more than one).
• Highlight the method you want to know more about and then ask Copilot Chat to further describe the code.

Note: For some prompts, Copilot will offer to insert the code suggestion(s) for you, or allow you to copy it for pasting in yourself.

Copilot Helps You Write Unittests Rapidly:

• Write a comment begining with "Test that" (or similar) and wait for Copilot to do the rest.
• It might be necessary to add Attributes like [Fact] or [TestMethod].
• Always review the code and use iterative Chat Prompts if the code needs revising to be correct.
• When writing Assertions, it might be necessary to use an in-line comment to describe it, then follow the next line with Assert and wait for suggestions.

Note: In VSCode, r-click the filename and select "Open in Terminal" and the Terminal will put you in that working directory. This is useful for running dotnet test from within a Test Project, rather than having to type the entire comand from the root of the Solution.

Auto-Suggest Project Additional Takeaways

• Copilot's primary function is to assist in generating code and providing coding suggestions.
• Copilot might generate code that does not alight

Intro to Copilot in MS Power Platform

References

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