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As a hobbyist developer with no formal training, I wish Copilot had a 'teaching' or "Senior Dev" mode, where I can play the role of the Junior Dev. I'd like it
by maroonblazer 4y ago
As a hobbyist developer with no formal training, I wish Copilot had a 'teaching' or "Senior Dev" mode, where I can play the role of the Junior Dev. I'd like it to pick up on what I'm trying to write, and then prompt me with questions or hints, but not straight up give me the code.
Or, if that's too Clippy-like annoying, let me prompt it when I'm stuck, and only then suggest hints or ask suggestive questions that guide me to a solution.
I agree, very exciting to see where all this goes.
- cwp 4y agoOne thing you might try with Copilot is to ask it to explain the code. It can often give insight, even on code that you yourself wrote a few minutes ago.
- ukuina 4y agoThe Github Copilot Labs extension has "codebrushes" that can transform and explain existing code instead of generating new code, but none of it only gives "hints". Maybe one of the codebrushes can take a custom prompt.
- SparkyMcUnicorn 4y agoYou can create custom brushes, or open the "CoPilot Labs" panel and "explain" with a custom prompt.