What programming languages does GitHub Copilot support?

Microsoft Developer · Beginner ·💻 AI-Assisted Coding ·3y ago

Key Takeaways

GitHub Copilot supports most programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Go, due to its training on billions of lines of publicly accessible code and natural language.

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so what programming languages does GitHub copilot support the short answer is most if not all of them so GitHub copilot was trained on billions of lines of publicly accessible code and natural language which means that even though it was it performs better on languages like python JavaScript typescript and go in other words languages where there is a lot of training data it actually performs really well in a large number of languages including spoken and written languages so GitHub copilot does a great job of even using dsls or domain specific languages as long as there is plenty of examples to go by in the prompt so if you have a large file open with a very specific and a largely unknown language GitHub copilot can use that context to develop code that fills in the gaps and builds that boilerplate even if it's a language that doesn't naturally recognize I've used GitHub copilot to translate between spoken languages as well to do readme files in Spanish where I had them in English or in French so it's amazing what GitHub co-pilot can do simply as a result of being based on a large language model trained on billions of lines of publicly accessible code and natural language

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What programming languages does GitHub Copilot support? Damian Brady explains how most, if not all, languages are supported. Learn more: https://msft.it/60529zaGk
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GitHub Copilot is a powerful code completion tool that supports most programming languages, including popular ones like Python and JavaScript, as well as domain specific languages. It can even translate between spoken languages and generate boilerplate code.

Key Takeaways
  1. Open a file with a specific programming language
  2. Use GitHub Copilot to generate code
  3. Provide context for domain specific languages
  4. Use GitHub Copilot to translate between spoken languages
💡 GitHub Copilot's training on billions of lines of publicly accessible code and natural language enables it to support a wide range of programming languages and perform tasks like code translation and boilerplate generation.

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