Overview of GitHub Copilot for Spring Boot Development (Webinar)

In this live Copilot webinar, participants will see how GitHub Copilot can be applied across the modern software development lifecycle through instructor?led, hands?on demos. Building on prior...

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Duration 4 hours
Course Code WA3941-WBNR
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Overview

Course Description

  • In this live Copilot webinar, participants will see how GitHub Copilot can be applied across the modern software development lifecycle through instructor?led, hands?on demos. Building on prior Copilot knowledge, the session demonstrates how Copilot assists developers in accelerating application development, refactoring, testing, and integration across multiple technologies and roles.

  • This demo?led session focuses on real?world development scenarios, showing how Copilot can be used as a productivity partner for application developers, full?stack engineers, QA engineers, and platform engineers.

Skills Gained

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Use GitHub Copilot effectively across IDEs using chat, inline suggestions, and agent workflows
  • Build a Java Spring Boot API including database integration, REST endpoints, and layered architecture
  • Generate and document APIs using OpenAPI/Swagger with Copilot assistance
  • Create and execute unit tests for backend services and controllers
  • Develop a React frontend with components, services, and API integration
  • Apply frontend unit testing using modern testing frameworks
  • Implement end?to?end testing using Playwright with Copilot assistance
  • Use Copilot to support infrastructure as code using Terraform
  • Apply Docker containerization to package and run applications
  • Understand how Copilot supports testing, debugging, and automation across the SDLC
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Course Details

Course Details

GitHub Copilot Fundamentals

  • What is GitHub Copilot and how it works
  • Key capabilities: chat, inline suggestions, agent mode
  • Benefits, limitations, and responsible AI considerations

Getting Started with Copilot

  • IDE setup in IntelliJ and VS Code
  • Copilot chat vs inline suggestions vs agent mode
  • Copilot CLI for terminal workflows

Prompt Engineering with Copilot

  • Importance of context and structured prompting
  • Prompting techniques (zero-shot, few-shot, structured)
  • Writing effective prompts for development tasks

Creating a Spring Boot API with Copilot

  • Generating a Spring Boot project
  • Adding dependencies and configuring the project
  • Establishing project structure and conventions

Database Integration with Copilot

  • Configuring an in-memory database
  • Defining entities, repositories, and relationships
  • Bootstrapping sample data

Building REST APIs with Copilot

  • Creating REST controllers and endpoints
  • Implementing CRUD operations
  • Request/response handling and validation
  • Error handling and API best practices

OpenAPI / Swagger with Copilot

  • Generating API documentation with OpenAPI
  • Annotating controllers and models
  • Visualizing APIs using Swagger UI
  • Keeping documentation in sync with code

Refactoring to Layered Architecture with Copilot

  • Controller, service, and repository layers
  • Applying clean architecture principles
  • Improving maintainability and scalability

Unit Testing for Spring Boot with Copilot

  • Writing unit tests for services
  • Testing REST controllers
  • Using Copilot to generate and refine tests
  • Handling edge cases and validation scenarios

Creating a React Application with Copilot

  • Initializing a React project
  • Organizing components and folder structure
  • Managing application state

Building React Components and Services with Copilot

  • Creating reusable UI components
  • Building service layers for API communication
  • Managing forms and user input

Integrating React with Backend APIs with Copilot

  • Making API calls from React services
  • Handling loading, success, and error states
  • Environment configuration and best practices

Frontend Unit Testing with Copilot

  • Writing unit tests for React components
  • Testing services and API interactions
  • Using Copilot for test generation and coverage improvement

End-to-End Testing with Playwright and Copilot

  • Introduction to Playwright for UI testing
  • Writing automated end?to?end tests
  • Using Copilot to generate test scenarios
  • Validating full user workflows (UI + API)
  • Integrating testing into development workflows

Terraform with Copilot

  • Introduction to infrastructure as code
  • Creating Terraform configurations with Copilot
  • Defining providers, resources, and variables
  • Structuring reusable modules
  • Applying best practices for environment management

Docker and Containerization with Copilot

  • Writing Dockerfiles with Copilot
  • Building and running containers
  • Multi-stage builds and image optimization
  • Containerizing Spring Boot and React applications
  • Preparing applications for deployment

Extending Copilot with MCP and Tools

  • Overview of Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Using tools like Playwright and GitHub integrations
  • Using Postman MCP to test APIs
  • Connecting external services to Copilot workflows

Best Practices & Wrap-Up

  • Writing effective prompts and guiding Copilot
  • Reviewing and validating AI-generated code
  • When to use chat, inline, and agent modes
  • Scaling Copilot usage across teams

Schedule

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Reviews

Great training it covered the most importan topics if GitHub copilot with good explanation and good labs.

Exit certified was great as it is very in depth and hands on learning which made it very easy to learn this type of work.

Good course. I appreciate the time the instructor put into teaching this class.

Brandon was a great instructor. The virtual course materials and labs provided were very informative.

Courseware was effective but would like to have some PDF material on BPML and XPATH