July 2025
Intermediate to advanced
326 pages
7h 28m
English
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Index
Symbols
- # symbol, Chat Variables
- #file variable, Explaining What Might Go Wrong with a Set of Code
- #selection variable, Explaining What Might Go Wrong with a Set of Code
- #terminalLastCommand keyword, Explaining Items from the Terminal
- + symbol, in Copilot Chat, Managing Chat Sessions
- / (slash character), Chat Shortcuts
- /doc command, Generating Documentation Inline, Generating Documentation Inline
- /explain command, Debugging with Copilot
- /fix command, Debugging with Copilot
- /setupTests, How Do I Test?, Telling Copilot What to Use for Context
- /startDebugging command, Debugging with Copilot, Debugging with Copilot
- /tests command, Understanding Options for Submitting Your Prompt, Using the /tests Command-Using the /tests Command
- @ symbol, Adding Participants, Chat Shortcuts, Chat Participants, Getting Copilot Extensions from the Marketplace
- @apifinder /examples, Creating VS Code Extensions for Copilot
- @github, Chat Participants
- @project, Chat Participants
- @terminal chat participant, Chat Participants, @terminal-@terminal
- @vision, Chat Participants
- @vscode chat participant, Chat Participants, @vscode-@vscode
- @workspace chat participant, Chat Participants, @workspace-@workspace, How Do I Test?, Testing Before the Coding and Leveraging Frameworks, Creating Functional Documentation, Explaining What Might Go Wrong with a Set of Code, Telling Copilot What to Use for Context, Creating VS Code Extensions for Copilot
- “rerun without” link option, Understanding Options for Submitting Your Prompt
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I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
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I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.