---
title: "GitHub Copilot: Intro, Benefits and Examples"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-intro-benefits-and-examples-a1ktac006
source_url: https://blog.basimhennawi.com/github-copilot-intro-benefits-and-examples
type: article
source: "Hashnode"
published: 2021-11-11T14:50:01.754Z
updated: 2026-03-15T07:29:29.406Z
tags: ["ai", "general-programming", "github"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 33
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# GitHub Copilot: Intro, Benefits and Examples

**[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 3 min read · 33 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer that helps you write code faster and with less work. It draws context from comments and code, and suggests individual lines and whole functions instantly. The GitHub Copilot technical preview is available as an extension for Visual Studio Code, Neovim and the JetBrains suite of IDEs.

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**@crypt0** · 1 upvotes

> It is super useful while doing development

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