GitHub Copilot Step by Step: Navigating AI-driven software development

Index

Symbols and Numerics

• “““ (triple quotes), writing a docstring, 73

• 5 Whys technique, 142

A

• accountability, developer, 24–25

• advanced prompting, 96

  • add examples inside comments, 98–100

  • automation, 104–105

    • clean missing values, 108–109

    • create class templates quickly, 107

    • create new columns from existing data, 109

    • exception handling, 110

    • form field validation, 108

    • generating a flask route, 108

    • looping, 111

    • repetitive structures, 106

    • reusing comments, 106

    • SQL query, 109

    • use partial code as a trigger, 105–106

  • break large tasks into smaller comments, 100–101

  • setting the tone, 102–103

  • specify the format you want, 101–102

  • use “what” and “how” together, 96–98

• AI

  • agents, 306

  • -assisted development cycle

    • code stage, 240

    • deploy stage,