Live Workshop • £45 • 2 Hours

Coding Assistants for Developers
GitHub Copilot

From autocomplete to a daily workflow you can trust — inline completion, Copilot Chat, test-first generation, refactoring and PR hygiene in one focused session

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2-Hour Live Session

Two hands-on labs with Q&A throughout

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Live Online

Zoom link sent after registration

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Software Developers

VS Code or JetBrains + GitHub Copilot seat

Join the Waitlist →

First cohort dates announced soon • Starter repo provided before the session

What You'll Learn

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Inline vs Chat

Know when to use ghost-text completion, Copilot Chat, inline edit and /fix — and when to reject suggestions

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Four Core Workflows

Complete, generate from comments, scoped chat changes and explain→improve loops — patterns you can reuse daily

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Test-First with Copilot

Write specs in plain English, generate tests first, then implement until green — with human review at every step

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Refactor & PR Hygiene

Extract functions safely, generate PR descriptions and docstrings — high-value output with minimal prompting

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Quality & Safety

Hallucinated APIs, secrets in prompts, over-generation and test theatre — team rules that stick

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Your Copilot Playbook

Leave with a personal 7-day plan and prompt cheat sheet — part 1 of the Coding Assistants series (Cursor & Claude next)

2-Hour Agenda

0:00–0:45 · Foundations

Setup, how Copilot thinks, four workflows and a quick bug-fix exercise on the starter repo

0:45–1:05 · Lab 1

Add discount-code support (SAVE10, FLAT5) test-first in orderService.js

1:15–1:30 · Quality & Safety

Review diffs, secrets, licensing and team rules for generated code

1:30–1:50 · Lab 2

Refactor calculateDiscount, generate a PR description and add docstrings

Workshop code: copilot-workshop-starter on GitHub

Perfect For

Software Developers

You write code daily and want Copilot to speed you up without sacrificing quality

Engineering Teams

Your org pays for Copilot seats but adoption is shallow — build shared habits in one session

Tech Leads

Roll out Copilot with review discipline, test expectations and a team playbook

Contractors & Freelancers

Ship faster on client work with scoped prompts and PR-ready output

Before You Join

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GitHub Copilot Active

Copilot + Copilot Chat enabled in VS Code or JetBrains (trial or org seat)

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Clone the Starter Repo

git clone https://github.com/madhusudhankonda/copilot-workshop-starter.git — Node.js 18+ and npm installed

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Comfortable Coding

Basic JavaScript and git — we focus on Copilot workflow, not language fundamentals

Join the Waitlist

2-hour live workshop • Two hands-on labs • £45 per person • First cohort dates coming soon

What Happens Next:

  1. Email us to join the waitlist — we'll confirm your spot when the first cohort opens
  2. You'll receive setup instructions and a link to the starter repo
  3. Join the live 2-hour session with Copilot ready in your IDE
  4. Leave with workflows, a prompt cheat sheet and a 7-day practice plan
Join Waitlist via Email →

Stripe checkout will open when the first cohort is scheduled

Questions? Email us at ai@chocolateminds.com

Your Instructor

Madhusudhan Konda

AI Lead & Educator | London

Madhusudhan helps developers and teams use AI coding assistants productively — with review discipline, not blind acceptance.

With 20+ years of software engineering experience, he teaches Copilot, Cursor and Claude as focused, tool-specific workshops rather than generic AI overviews.

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