Pre-Universe 🪐 hype! - Copilot Community Check-in

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Last week we posted ⚓ September edition of GitHub Copilot Monthly Digest to keep you all abreast at the latest from the Copilot community along with keeping you well-informed about the recent Copilot developments, including new launches, enhanced features, trends, and more!

If you haven’t checked it out yet, I encourage you to do so and share what you liked and what you’d like to see next time in the comments. Before that, it’s time to cheer 👏 our community members for their valuable inputs that make our community what it is meant to be.

💌 From the Community - Shoutout 📢 to these members

• Great job ✨ by @TacetDiscipulus for helping the entire community get through a high impact unexpected error with Visual Studio and Copilot Chat. They researched multiple resources to find 🔍 the root cause. If you ever face similar problems, be sure to check out the Copilot troubleshooting docs 📝 quick issue remediation steps.
• Short & Sweet! A round of applause 👏 for @GhostOf0days sharing the accurate info about waiting list of Copilot Chat 💗 - Just so you know: If you have a GitHub Copilot for Individuals subscription, you now have access to the GitHub Copilot Chat beta, see the announcement from September 20.
• Kudos 👍 to @jzelAdmin2006 for providing an amazing solution about the active terminal's buffer and selection of Copilot Chat. I just loved reading their descriptive comment with a deep dive into each of the Copilot Chat scenarios. Efforts like these encourage other users to jump in and participate. 👏

✅ Mark as Answer: Don’t forget to click the ‘Mark as Answer’ button when someone solves your question to help others who may have the same question ✅

Another big Thank You to this month’s highlighted members 🌟✨

📽️ How I used GitHub Copilot Chat to build a ReactJS gallery prototype

GitHub Copilot Chat can help developers create prototypes, understand code, make UI changes, troubleshoot errors, make code more accessible, and generate unit tests.

See Copilot Chat in Action in this blog post from @sennap

❓ Don’t have access to the feature yet? No worries, All GitHub Copilot for Individuals users now have access to GitHub Copilot Chat beta! Just follow these simple steps to get started ⏭️

👑 Why GitHub is a community of communities! - GitHub Community Programs 🚀

GitHub's State of Open Source Software and Octoverse reports showcased a thriving ecosystem, highlighting 100 million developers and 90% of companies embracing open source. The year saw a remarkable 413 million contributions 😲 and the launch of 52 million new open source projects on GitHub, underscoring the power 💪 of community collaboration.

Read the impressive write up by my stellar colleague @ossanna16, how GitHub Community runs a variety of community programs enabling developers, Enterprise admins, customers, open source contributors and maintainers, teachers and students, and community practitioners to use the GitHub platform.

❔ Q&A with the experts: Measuring the impact of AI-based coding tools

Generative AI tools have generated a lot of excitement 🤩 and questions: Do they actually help developers write better or more code? How do we measure their success?

Join us for a Q&A-style webinar on October 12th at 11am PST, where you’ll hear directly from GitHub’s research expert about what AI tools can help your teams accomplish and success metrics to gauge how these tools impact retention, productivity, collaboration, and the overall developer experience.

🪐Universe 2023 is almost here: Are you Ready?

• The GitHub Universe ‘23 agenda has landed 🚀 - We’re super excited 😮 for GitHub Universe and the countdown 📅 has begun. It is only a month from now and we have the list of agenda on our hands. You will have the chance to explore excited content sessions delivered by different speakers, across two days and three content tracks, all designed to level up ⬆️ your skills.
  • 👀 We have a ton of Copilot sessions planned, sneak peek into the sessions right away.
• 10 reasons (you never knew existed) about why you should attend Universe: @tuves compiled a list in in her Discussion about why Universe in real life is going to be the place to be 🌉.
• Universe 2023 Website: Join us as we build the future together, our site has you covered with FAQs, tickets, and some of our featured speakers. If you haven’t signed up already - what are you waiting for?

What's one tech-related skill you're currently trying to improve?

Don't forget, you can improve your skill set for free by virtually attending this year's GitHub Universe or get your ticket and join us in San Francisco for hands-on workshops and certification.

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