The new neural network suggests errors in the code and helps to improve it

GitHub Copilot is trained to work with a variety of frameworks and programming languages.Current

The technical preview version of the service is most geared to work with:

  • Python,
  • JavaScript,
  • TypeScript,
  • Ruby,
  • Go.

Copilot looks at existing code,comments to it and the location of the cursor and suggests adding or correcting something. As it runs, the algorithm learns from which amendments it accepts and rejects.

Copilot will first appear in Microsoft's free and open-source product, Visual Studio Code.After that, it is planned to add the algorithm to the commercial version of Visual Studio.It is not specified when this will happen. 

According to GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, the developers on GitHub have already appreciated the capabilities of the service and do not turn it off throughout the working day.

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