Aug. 2, 2023, 10 a.m. | Christian Heilmann

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Generative AI is only as good as its integration in your work environment. GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio Code is a great example how to do that right.



You can highlight code in the editor and press CMD + I on Mac or Ctrl + I on Linux/Windows and you get a text box to chat about this piece of code. For example, you can ask Copilot to explain it.


If you ask Copilot to modify the code, for …

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