GitHub Copilot - Curated .NET Articles & Tutorials

Curated .NET news, articles, and tutorials about GitHub Copilot, drawn from .NET News Daily issues.

147 curated issues

Copilot Studio gets faster with .NET 10 on WebAssembly

A few months ago, we shared How Copilot Studio uses .NET and WebAssembly for performance and innovation, describing how Microsoft Copilot Studio runs C# in the browser via .NET

Featured in Issue #454 May 12, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authorization, Blazor, Clean Architecture, CQRS, C#, .NET 10, .NET MAUI

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GitHub Copilot Modernize 101 is live on the Microsoft Developer Channel

Modernization used to be something you avoided until you couldn’t anymore. A big rewrite. A long migration plan. A risky cutover. Something you’d maybe do once every few years—if you had to. That mod

Featured in Issue #452 May 10, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, C#, .NET Framework, ASP.NET MVC, EF Core, GitHub, Performance, Visual Studio

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Make Cursor AI Debug C# Code In 9 Minutes! (aNGzL7uy5M)

Make Cursor AI Debug C# Code In 9 Minutes! (aNGzL7uy5M)

Featured in Issue #450 May 07, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, Design Patterns, Docker, EF Core, Minimal APIs, OpenAI

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Rock Your Code: I Let AI Build a Visual Studio Extension—Here’s What REALLY Happened

In March 2026, I challenged GitHub Copilot to build a Visual Studio extension, "Version Sync," from scratch without coding. Despite initial failures and needing extensive feedback, it succee...

Featured in Issue #449 May 06, 2026

Issue also covered: Azure, Cosmos DB, C#, Kafka, Performance, PostgreSQL, Profiling, Visual Studio

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I Wasted 68 Minutes a Day Re-Explaining My Code. Then I Built auto-memory.

~1,900 lines of Python. Zero dependencies. Saves you an hour a day. GitHub → · pip install auto-memory Now give Copilot CLI enhanced context recall. Point it at

Featured in Issue #445 April 30, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Azure, Azure DevOps, C#, EF Core, .NET MAUI, Minimal APIs

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Claude Code: Two-Agent Workflow

Architect + Developer role split: plan-implement-review cycle for .NET Microservices Continue reading on Stackademic »

Featured in Issue #444 April 29, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Azure, Azure DevOps, Clean Architecture, Cosmos DB, C#, .NET Framework

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My Claude Code Workflow

I’ve been through a lot of workflow tooling on top of Claude Code over the past few months. They imposed structure — ideate, plan, implement, test, PR — and that structure was genuinely helpful when C...

Featured in Issue #442 April 27, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Blazor, Clean Architecture, C#, .NET Framework, EF Core, OpenAI, Performance

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Context Is Everything: Getting the Most from GitHub Copilot with Joydip Kanjilal

Strategic Technology Consultation Services This episode of The Modern .NET Show is supported, in part, by RJJ Software's Strategic Technology Consultation Services. If you're an SME (Small to Medium ...

Featured in Issue #440 April 23, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, CQRS, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, .NET Framework, .NET MAUI

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Visualizing Claude Code MCP Requests with Coding Agent Explorer

Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers are becoming a key part of how Claude Code extends its capabilities. They give the agent access to documentation, code search, external APIs, and much more. But wh...

Featured in Issue #438 April 21, 2026

Issue also covered: Azure, Clean Architecture, C#, .NET 10, EF Core, FluentValidation, JWT, MediatR

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How to Build Production-Ready Projects With Claude Code

Learn a proven 10-step workflow for building production-ready software with AI assistance. Includes detailed prompts for requirements analysis, architecture design, finding functional and non-function

Featured in Issue #436 April 17, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, Azure, C#, Docker, FluentValidation, gRPC, Semantic Kernel

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🔴 VS Code Live - Modernizing Legacy .NET applications with GitHub Copilot Modernization in VS Code

Join Joel Norman and Jorge Balderas and watch them let Copilot loose to try modernizing a .NET application with GitHub Copilot Modernization in VS Code. https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/developer/git...

Featured in Issue #429 April 08, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, C#, EF Core, OAuth, Performance, Source Generators, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code

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Visual Studio March Update - Build Your Own Custom Agents

This month's Visual Studio update gives you new ways to customize GitHub Copilot. Custom agents allow you to build specialized Copilot agents tailored to your team's workflow, backed by the tools and ...

Featured in Issue #428 April 07, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Azure, Benchmarking, Blazor, C#, Dapper, Design Patterns

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Modernize .NET Anywhere with GitHub Copilot: Faster Upgrades with AI (With Practical Example)

Modernizing legacy .NET applications has traditionally been a complex and time-consuming process. From handling outdated dependencies to… Continue reading on GoPenAI »

Featured in Issue #424 April 01, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, C#, .NET 10, .NET Core, EF Core, Native AOT, Performance, Security

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Agentic Platform Engineering with GitHub Copilot

We've talked about the human scale problem and what happens when infrastructure scales but understandin

Featured in Issue #422 March 30, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, AutoMapper, Azure, Benchmarking, C#, .NET 10, EF Core

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Extend Your Coding Agent with .NET Skills: A New Way to Supercharge AI-Assisted Development

AI coding assistants are becoming a normal part of a developer’s workflow. Tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT-based agents, and other AI… Continue reading on GoPenAI »

Featured in Issue #421 March 27, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, .NET Core, .NET Framework, GitHub Actions, Performance, RabbitMQ, Security

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Modernize .NET Application Using AI

Learn how to modernize .NET applications using GitHub Copilot modernization agent. Discover AI-powered upgrades, Azure migration, and step-by-step modernization workflow.

Featured in Issue #419 March 25, 2026

Issue also covered: Benchmarking, C#, .NET 10, .NET 8, EF Core, OpenAI, Performance, Security

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Explore C# 14, .NET 10, Aspire and GitHub Copilot at THRIVE 2026!

The THRIVE Conference will take place from June 8–10, 2026, at Rimske Terme, Slovenia. The event emphasizes practical engineering with sessions covering modern .NET development, AI productivity in Vis...

Featured in Issue #418 March 24, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, EF Core, .NET MAUI, OpenAI, Security, Visual Studio Code

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Modernize .NET Anywhere with GitHub Copilot

See how the modernize-dotnet agent helps you assess apps, create upgrade plans, and modernize .NET projects from Visual Studio, VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, and GitHub. The post Modernize .NET Anywhe...

Featured in Issue #416 March 20, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, .NET Core, EF Core, Minimal APIs, Performance, Security

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GitHub Copilot Dev Days: Build faster with GitHub Copilot CLI, in VS Code & Visual Studio, and beyond!

Modern software development is moving fast—and AI is now a practical part of how Microsoft developers design, build, and ship applications e

Featured in Issue #415 March 19, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, Dapper, EF Core, OpenAI, Performance, PostgreSQL

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Visual Studio at GDC Festival of Gaming 2026

Join us at GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 for a deep dive into Visual Studio, GitHub Copilot, PowerToys, and the Windows tools that speed up your daily dev workflow. We'll show how these tools work toget...

Featured in Issue #412 March 17, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, .NET 10, JWT, OpenAI, Performance, Redis, Visual Studio, Web API

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Visual Studio Code 1.111

To try this feature, enable the chat.useCustomAgentHooks Open in VS Code Open in VS Code Insiders setting. Setting : chat.autopilot.enabled Open in VS Code Open in VS Code Insiders

Featured in Issue #413 March 17, 2026

Issue also covered: AOT, ASP.NET Core, Azure, Azure DevOps, Blazor, C#, Docker, .NET 10

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MCP Aggregator

If you’ve been using AI coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot, you’ve probably started connecting them to MCP servers. But the current model has each AI tool maintaining its own dir...

Featured in Issue #399 February 25, 2026

Issue also covered: Azure, C#, .NET 10, EF Core, Semantic Kernel

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A smarter way to learn .NET without reading the docs

Discover how .NET concepts can be learned without reading documentation, using AI tools to turn docs and videos into podcasts, summaries and mind maps. The page A smarter way to learn .NET without rea...

Featured in Issue #398 February 24, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Azure Functions, C#, Minimal APIs, OpenAI, OpenTelemetry, Performance

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Getting Started with Agents in VS Code

Demystifying C# Method Signatures: async, await, Tasks, and Tuples Explained

Featured in Issue #397 February 23, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authorization, Blazor, Clean Architecture, C#, Dapper, Design Patterns, .NET 10

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Hands On with New Multi-Agent Orchestration in VS Code

A proof of concept shows how multi-agent orchestration in Visual Studio Code 1.109 can turn a fragile, one-pass AI workflow into a more reliable, auditable process by breaking long tasks into smaller,...

Featured in Issue #394 February 18, 2026

Issue also covered: Domain-Driven Design, .NET 10, EF Core, gRPC, Performance, REST API, Security, Semantic Kernel

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Upgrade to modern .NET with GitHub Copilot: Assess → Plan → Execute

In this video, I demo the GitHub Copilot app modernization agent inside Visual Studio and walk through the full upgrade workflow: Assessment → Planning → Execution. You’ll see a full end-to-end demo o...

Featured in Issue #389 February 11, 2026

Issue also covered: C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, EF Core, OAuth, OpenAI, Performance, Security

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🔴 VS Code Live - AI-Powered Kafka Development: Confluent Extension + GitHub Copilot + MCP

Getting Started With .NET Aspire 13: Building and Deploying an App With PostgreSQL, Redis, and Docker Compose

Featured in Issue #387 February 09, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Azure Functions, Blazor, Cosmos DB, CQRS, Docker, .NET 10

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Accelerate Your Cosmos DB Infrastructure with GitHub Copilot CLI and Azure Cosmos DB Agent Kit

Modern infrastructure work is increasingly agent driven, but only if your AI actually understands the platform you’re deploying. This guide shows how to turn GitHub Copilot CLI into an Azure Cosmos DB...

Featured in Issue #386 February 06, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Cosmos DB, C#, .NET 9, EF Core, OpenAI, Visual Studio Code

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Build AI Agents with GitHub Copilot SDK and Microsoft Agent Framework

Microsoft Agent Framework now integrates with the GitHub Copilot SDK, enabling you to build AI agents powered by GitHub Copilot. This integration brings together the Agent Framework's consistent agent...

Featured in Issue #385 February 05, 2026

Issue also covered: Azure, C#, .NET 10, OpenAI, Performance, Source Generators, Visual Studio Code

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Introducing the Azure Cosmos DB Agent Kit: Your AI Pair Programmer Just Got Smarter

The Azure Cosmos DB Agent Kit is an open-source collection of skills that teaches your AI coding assistant (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Gemini CLI) expert-level Azure Cosmos DB best practices. Instal...

Featured in Issue #380 January 29, 2026

Issue also covered: Azure, Benchmarking, Clean Architecture, Cosmos DB, C#, .NET Core, EF Core, ML.NET

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How to Request a VS Code Feature (The RIGHT Way)

Leader Election in Distributed .NET Systems: A Practical Guide with MultiLock

Featured in Issue #378 January 27, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Azure, Clean Architecture, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, .NET Core

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Hands On with Copilot Vision: VS Code's Head Start and How the IDE Is Catching Up

What a difference a year makes in the fast-moving advanced-AI space! GitHub Copilot's vision and image-based features arrived first in VS Code in February 2025 and have since become more integrated th...

Featured in Issue #374 January 21, 2026

Issue also covered: .NET Aspire, Azure, C#, .NET 10, .NET 8, .NET Core, SQL Server, System.Text.Json

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497: Turning Machine Code into C with AI

In this episode James and Frank dive into the practical realities of using AI in everyday development—arguing that AI shines in brownfield (existing) code because it respects your architecture, while ...

Featured in Issue #372 January 19, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, .NET 10, Kafka, Minimal APIs, Security, Serilog

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AI Faceoff: Customized VS Code Commands

After a long-unused VS Code extension stopped working, I compared multiple AI tools to recreate the same HTML-wrapping workflow using built-in snippets and keybindings. Mileage among the systems varie...

Featured in Issue #370 January 15, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure DevOps, Clean Architecture, C#, Domain-Driven Design, .NET 10, .NET Core, EF Core

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Visual Studio 2026: How AI Is Transforming the Way Developers Code

Code smarter with Visual Studio 2026: AI features, GitHub Copilot, and cloud tools streamline workflows and spark innovation. Continue reading on Syncfusion »

Featured in Issue #361 January 02, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Clean Architecture, C#, .NET 10, EF Core, Performance, Redis, Visual Studio

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Practical Experience: Migrating an Old .NET Project with GitHub Copilot Agent

Learn how GitHub Copilot Agent helped migrate a .NET CQRS project to MediatR with async/await support with unit tests

Featured in Issue #359 December 31, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, CQRS, C#, .NET 10, .NET 8, .NET 9, MediatR, ML.NET

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From Spec to Santa: My C#‑Powered Christmas Story Generator Experiment

In this article, I will explain how I built a website to generate Christmas Stories my almost 5-year-old daughter using C# and AI related technologies (GitHub Spec Kit, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft.Exten...

Featured in Issue #356 December 26, 2025

Issue also covered: AOT, ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, Authentication, Authorization, Clean Architecture, Domain-Driven Design, Design Patterns

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Armchair Architects: Best Practices For Architecting AI Agents

- Build Agents using Model Context Protocol on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/developer/ai/intro-agents-mcp - Protocols for Integration: The role of Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-to...

Featured in Issue #352 December 22, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Blazor, C#, .NET 10, .NET Core, .NET Framework, EF Core

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Steal These 25 Prompts: The Rules + Workflows That Made Our .NET Team Faster

I love AI coding tools. Cursor. Copilot. Whatever you’re using.

Featured in Issue #347 December 15, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Clean Architecture, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, .NET 8, EF Core

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Smarter Refactoring in C#: How AI Helps Engineers Build More Scalable Enterprise Applications

Software teams often focus on using AI to autocomplete code or speed up daily development tasks — but one of the most powerful (and least…

Featured in Issue #334 November 26, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, EF Core, Minimal APIs, OpenAI

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A step-by-step guide to modernizing .NET applications with GitHub Copilot agent mode

Learn how Visual Studio 2026 and GitHub Copilot app modernization upgrade .NET versions and frameworks, fix build issues, and migrate apps to Azure with less manual effort The post A step-by-step gui...

Featured in Issue #333 November 25, 2025

Issue also covered: Azure, Cosmos DB, C#, .NET 10, Performance, Unit Testing, Web API

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A step-by-step guide to modernizing .NET applications with GitHub Copilot agent mode - .NET Blog

Learn how Visual Studio 2026 and GitHub Copilot app modernization upgrade .NET versions and frameworks, fix build issues, and migrate apps to Azure with less manual effort

Featured in Issue #332 November 24, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, .NET Core, EF Core, JWT, .NET MAUI, OAuth, SQL Server

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Fix build issues using GitHub Copilot after upgrading MSVC Build Tools

[cta-button text="Sign up for the Private Preview waitlist" url="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C2S6NV3" color="btn-primary" align="center"] A few problems have...

Featured in Issue #330 November 20, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, Authentication, Clean Architecture, C#, Domain-Driven Design, .NET 10, .NET Core

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What is Copilot Tuning?

Stop Translating Curl Commands, Start Shipping Features

Featured in Issue #328 November 18, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authorization, Azure, CQRS, .NET 10, EF Core, Minimal APIs, OpenAI

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Introducing Custom Agents for .NET Developers: C# Expert & WinForms Expert - .NET Blog

Introducing C# Expert and WinForms Expert: experimental custom agents that help .NET developers write better code with GitHub Copilot.

Featured in Issue #319 November 05, 2025

Issue also covered: Application Insights, ASP.NET Core, Azure DevOps, .NET 10, EF Core, Minimal APIs, ML.NET, Performance

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Introducing Custom Agents for .NET Developers: C# Expert & WinForms Expert

Introducing C# Expert and WinForms Expert: experimental custom agents that help .NET developers write better code with GitHub Copilot. The post Introducing Custom Agents for .NET Developers: C# Exper...

Featured in Issue #317 November 03, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, .NET 8, .NET 9, .NET Core, EF Core, Performance, Security

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Anthropic Launches Claude Code on the Web

Anthropic launches Claude Code on the Web! Simplify coding tasks with browser-based AI. Automate bug fixes, refactors, and maintenance. Try the beta now!

Featured in Issue #313 October 28, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Authorization, Azure, Azure Functions, Clean Architecture, Cosmos DB, CQRS

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Boost Developer Productivity with Copilot Profiler in Visual Studio

Discover how the Copilot Profiler Agent in Visual Studio transforms .NET debugging and performance tuning with AI-powered insights, real-time suggestions, and benchmark validation—making optimization ...

Featured in Issue #311 October 24, 2025

Issue also covered: .NET Aspire, Blazor, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, EF Core, OpenAI, Performance

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On .NET Live | Countdown to .NET Conf 2025

Context Engineering: No AI Future Without Prompt Engineering - Why Text, Voice, and Every Form of Prompting Is Non-Negotiable

Featured in Issue #308 October 21, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, CQRS, C#, .NET 10, Performance, Security, SQL Server

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Cursor Introduces Plan Mode

Cursor's new Plan Mode boosts AI-assisted coding with structured plans, codebase research, and editable Markdown. Improve code quality & accuracy!

Featured in Issue #305 October 16, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, .NET 9, EF Core, gRPC, Minimal APIs, OpenTelemetry, Performance

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The Latest AI Features in VS Code (v1.105)

The Clean Architecture Spectrum: 5 Levels for .NET Systems (CRUD to Hexagonal)

Featured in Issue #303 October 14, 2025

Issue also covered: AOT, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, Clean Architecture, C#, Design Patterns, Docker, .NET 10

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Building Generative AI Applications With GitHub Models and .NET Aspire

I wanted to see what the simplest practical AI app I could build was, and this is what I came up with.

Featured in Issue #300 October 09, 2025

Issue also covered: AOT, ASP.NET Core, Azure, CQRS, Docker, .NET 9, .NET Core, Kubernetes

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Level Up Your .NET Debugging and Profiling with GitHub Copilot

Supercharge your .NET debugging and profiling with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio! This article explores how Copilot's AI assistance streamlines the process, offering smart breakpoint suggestions, ex...

Featured in Issue #298 October 07, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Azure Functions, C#, .NET 10, .NET 9, .NET Core, .NET MAUI

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News: Visual Studio 2026

Get a sneak peek at Visual Studio 2026! The Insiders Edition boasts blazing-fast performance, deep AI integration with GitHub Copilot (adaptive paste, context menu actions, and intelligent search), a ...

Featured in Issue #297 October 06, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Azure DevOps, Blazor, Clean Architecture, CQRS, C#, Domain-Driven Design

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Next-Level SQL in VS Code: GitHub Copilot, Containers & more | Data Exposed

Learn how to enhance your SQL development experience with GitHub Copilot, SQL Server containers, and Fabric in this episode of Data Exposed. To wrap things up, we showcase the latest deployment featur...

Featured in Issue #296 October 03, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Azure, Blazor, C#, Docker, EF Core, .NET MAUI

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Modernize .NET apps in days with GitHub Copilot

Get started with modernizing your .NET apps (https://aka.ms/ghcp-appmod/dotNET) today and learn more about the details here: https://aka.ms/ghcp-appmod/blog Supercharge your .NET app modernization wi...

Featured in Issue #295 October 02, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Blazor, C#, Docker, .NET 8, .NET 9, EF Core

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Application Insights Code Optimizations for .NET Apps

Learn how Application Insights Code Optimizations helps .NET developers identify performance bottlenecks and get AI-powered recommendations through GitHub Copilot integration. The post Application In...

Featured in Issue #289 September 24, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, .NET 8, EF Core, GitHub

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Democratizing Performance: The Copilot Profiler Agent in Action on Real Code

[alert type="tip" heading="Watch behind the scenes of the Profiler Agent"]Head on over to the Copilot Profiler Agent to watch.[/alert]

Featured in Issue #284 September 15, 2025

Issue also covered: AOT, ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Azure, Benchmarking, Blazor, C#, .NET 10

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Make Sense of Your Output Window with Copilot

Ever found yourself staring at the Output Window, overwhelmed by endless lines of logs and cryptic messages? You're

Featured in Issue #281 September 10, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, Docker, .NET 10, EF Core, Minimal APIs, Performance

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Is Copilot More Accurate Than ChatGPT

Wondering if GitHub Copilot is more accurate than ChatGPT for real-world coding projects? Discover which tool performs better in autocomplete, debugging, and large-scale software development.

Featured in Issue #277 September 04, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, CQRS, C#, .NET 10, .NET Core, EF Core, Kafka

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.NET AI Community Standup: AI Tools Every .NET Dev Needs 📎

CQRS Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated | Clean Architecture, .NET 9

Featured in Issue #274 September 01, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Authorization, AutoMapper, Azure, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10

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🔴 VS Code Live - Vibe-hack VS Code with Joyride and Copilot

Demo links and resources: https://github.com/PEZ/joyride-at-vscode-live ️ Featuring: Liam Hampton; Peter Strömberg (@pappapez)

Featured in Issue #273 August 29, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Cosmos DB, C#, .NET Core, .NET Framework, OpenAI, Security

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Dew Drop – August 20, 2025 (#4480)

Top Links Model Context Protocol (MCP) is Now Generally Available in Visual Studio 🎉 (Allie Barry) Reimagining our front door – Using positive psychology to craft delightful sign-in & sign-up exp...

Featured in Issue #271 August 27, 2025

Issue also covered: AOT, ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, .NET 9, OpenAI, Performance, Visual Studio

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Copilot Diagnostics toolset for .NET In Visual Studio

Debugging doesn’t have to be a grind. With Copilot woven into Visual Studio, you get AI-powered breakpoints, insights, exception fixes, and performance summaries all right where you work. The post Co...

Featured in Issue #270 August 26, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Blazor, CQRS, C#, Dapper, Domain-Driven Design, .NET 10, .NET 9

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Announcing Copilot Studio Agent Academy: Your Mission Starts Now

Welcome to Copilot Studio Agent Academy Whether you're just starting your journey with AI agents or looking to sharpen your skills in Microsoft Copilot Studio, we've got your mission briefing ready an...

Featured in Issue #269 August 25, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, C#, EF Core, Minimal APIs, OpenAI, Performance, Visual Studio

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Improving Codebase Awareness in Visual Studio Chat

Smarter Code Search in Visual Studio: From BM25 to Semantic Search In our latest 17.14.11 release, we’ve made a significant leap forward in how we explore your code to retrieve meaningful context. Ou...

Featured in Issue #268 August 22, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, .NET 9, .NET Core, EF Core, Native AOT, OpenAI

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What Is GitHub Copilot and How Can It Boost Your Productivity?

GitHub Copilot is an AI code completion tool that integrates directly into your development environment (IDE). It understands the context of the file you’re working on — including comments, variable n...

Featured in Issue #266 August 20, 2025

Issue also covered: Application Insights, ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Azure, C#, .NET Core, EF Core, GitHub

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How Prompt Engineering Changed the Way I Write Code

I took a prompt engineering course to master writing effective prompts for AI tools like ChatGPT. It transformed my coding workflow by improving AI collaboration, structured reasoning, and producing r...

Featured in Issue #262 August 14, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, .NET 10, .NET 9, .NET Core, .NET MAUI, Minimal APIs

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Smarter AI Edits in Visual Studio Copilot - Visual Studio Blog

Discover how Visual Studio Copilot leverages smarter AI-generated edits using speculative decoding and advanced model-based techniques. Learn how these innovations improve code accuracy, speed, and de...

Featured in Issue #258 August 08, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Blazor, C#, .NET Core, EF Core, JWT, Performance, REST API

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🔴 VS Code Live - Boost Your SQL Development in VS Code: GitHub Copilot, Containers, and More

How to Outsource ASP.NET Development Successfully: A 2025 Guide

Featured in Issue #257 August 07, 2025

Issue also covered: .NET Aspire, Authentication, Authorization, Azure, C#, .NET 10, EF Core, Minimal APIs

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Ask Mode vs Agent Mode – Choosing the Right Copilot Experience for .NET

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/ask-mode-vs-agent-mode/

Featured in Issue #253 August 01, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, .NET 9, Performance, SQL Server, Visual Studio Code

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Understand GitHub Copilot Extensions and Slash Commands

http://www.binaryintellect.net/articles/49740328-6ea4-4154-9d00-ba735734a1ef.aspx

Featured in Issue #250 July 29, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Clean Architecture, .NET 9, EF Core, Performance, RabbitMQ, Redis, SQL Server

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Using GitHub Copilot and MCP servers to NOT write code

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdYR_Qf-j38

Featured in Issue #246 July 23, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, Blazor, Clean Architecture, C#, Domain-Driven Design, Docker, .NET 10

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Coding agent in VS Code

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mVuzgpqHvzA

Featured in Issue #245 July 22, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Authorization, Azure, Clean Architecture, C#, Dapper, Design Patterns

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Customize AI responses from GitHub Copilot - .NET Blog

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/customize-ai-responses-from-github-copilot/

Featured in Issue #243 July 18, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, Authentication, AutoMapper, Blazor, Clean Architecture, C#, .NET 10

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470: AI Assisted Coding, .NET MAUI 10, and CarPlay for Everyone

https://www.mergeconflict.fm/470

Featured in Issue #241 July 16, 2025

Issue also covered: Authentication, Azure, Blazor, CQRS, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, EF Core

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How to Build Your Own AI for Vibe Coding in .NET

https://dev.to/nikhilwagh/how-to-build-your-own-ai-for-vibe-coding-in-net-3l9

Featured in Issue #238 July 11, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, EF Core, OpenAI, Performance, Visual Studio Code

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Thinking at Scale: Why GSCP Is the Corporate Standard for Safe, Smart AI

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/thinking-at-scale-why-gscp-is-the-corporate-standard-for-safe-smart-ai/

Featured in Issue #234 July 07, 2025

Issue also covered: CQRS, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, OpenAI, OpenTelemetry, Performance, Service Bus

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Working with MCP servers in GitHub Copilot Agent mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlrQJQV14xQ

Featured in Issue #227 June 26, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, .NET 10, EF Core, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Minimal APIs

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How to Collaboratively Work with SQL Server 2025, Visual Studio Code, and GitHub Copilot (Step-by-Step Guide)

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-collaboratively-work-with-sql-server-2025-visual-studio-code-and-github/

Featured in Issue #225 June 24, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, C#, Design Patterns, .NET Core, .NET Framework, EF Core, GitHub

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Improve Your Productivity with New GitHub Copilot Features for .NET!

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/improve-productivity-with-github-copilot-dotnet/

Featured in Issue #222 June 19, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Azure Functions, C#, .NET 9, EF Core, Redis

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Vibe Coding Won’t Take Your Job—But Someone Who Knows Vibe Coding Just Might

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/vibe-coding-wont-take-your-jobbut-someone-who-knows-vibe-coding-just-might/

Featured in Issue #221 June 18, 2025

Issue also covered: Application Insights, ASP.NET Core, C#, .NET 9, .NET Framework, EF Core, OpenAI, Performance

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Next edit suggestions available in Visual Studio

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/next-edit-suggestions-available-in-visual-studio-github-copilot/

Featured in Issue #220 June 17, 2025

Issue also covered: C#, EF Core, Minimal APIs, Performance, Visual Studio

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ASP.NET Community Standup - Modernize your .NET apps with GitHub Copilot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx_lhI_x0hE

Featured in Issue #219 June 16, 2025

Issue also covered: Azure, Azure DevOps, Clean Architecture, C#, EF Core, Minimal APIs, Performance

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VS Code Live - Making VS Code Copilot Monorepo-Smart with Nx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPWzhy3gE84

Featured in Issue #216 June 09, 2025

Issue also covered: Application Insights, ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, .NET 8, .NET 9

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VS Code Live - Let it Cook: Episode 3 - Jupyter Notebooks + GitHub Copilot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRxh1u-hFAs

Featured in Issue #212 June 05, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Benchmarking, C#, EF Core, Redis, Source Generators

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Customizing Copilot in VS Code

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdZCv4OZcxM

Featured in Issue #209 June 02, 2025

Issue also covered: .NET Aspire, Azure, Blazor, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 9, EF Core, OpenTelemetry

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GitHub Copilot's New Coding Agent Is Here

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/news/github-copilots-new-coding-agent-is-here

Featured in Issue #208 May 30, 2025

Issue also covered: C#, .NET 10, EF Core, Visual Studio Code

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Accelerate Your .NET Upgrades with GitHub Copilot

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/github-copilot-upgrade-dotnet/

Featured in Issue #207 May 29, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Azure, Blazor, CQRS, C#, Dapper, Design Patterns

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Upgrading a .NET 6 repo to .NET 9 with GitHub Copilot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DulIM7K7T7c

Featured in Issue #206 May 28, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, Design Patterns, .NET Core, EF Core, Minimal APIs, OpenTelemetry

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Supercharging Developer Productivity with GitHub Copilot | DEM504

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9528I7aSJM

Featured in Issue #205 May 27, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, Cosmos DB, C#, Domain-Driven Design, .NET 9, gRPC, JWT

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🔴 VS Code Live - Security Guardrails for VS Code Agent Mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uolr0QdQeYA

Featured in Issue #203 May 23, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, C#, EF Core, OpenAI, Performance, Security, Source Generators

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Agent mode has arrived in preview for Visual Studio

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/agent-mode-has-arrived-in-preview-for-visual-studio/

Featured in Issue #199 May 19, 2025

Issue also covered: Azure, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 8, .NET 9, .NET Framework, Event Sourcing, OpenAI

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VS Code Live - Query Databases in VS Code with Copilot Tools and DBCode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4lUJBMIDxY

Featured in Issue #194 May 12, 2025

Issue also covered: Azure, Domain-Driven Design, EF Core, Kafka, OpenTelemetry, Performance

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How to Use Copilot Slash Commands in Visual Studio

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-use-copilot-slash-commands-in-visual-studio/

Featured in Issue #185 April 29, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 8, .NET 9, EF Core, Performance, Security

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🔴 VS Code Live: Coding with Gemini in GitHub Copilot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anVJ3tktOh4

Featured in Issue #183 April 25, 2025

Issue also covered: Azure, Blazor, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, .NET 9, .NET Core, .NET Framework

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Understand GitHub Copilot Chat Window in Visual Studio Code

http://www.binaryintellect.net/articles/b60ba1f0-3dc2-44e9-9538-33a92f5a034c.aspx

Featured in Issue #182 April 24, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET 9, .NET Core, .NET Framework, EF Core, .NET MAUI, Performance

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GitHub Copilot Highlights in Visual Studio 17.14 Preview 3 (Available Now)

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/github-copilot-highlights-in-visual-studio-17-14-preview-3-available-now/

Featured in Issue #181 April 23, 2025

Issue also covered: Blazor, C#, .NET 10, .NET 9, EF Core, .NET MAUI, OpenAI, Performance

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Using an MCP Server in GitHub Copilot

https://markheath.net/post/2025/4/10/mcp-playwright

Featured in Issue #176 April 16, 2025

Issue also covered: .NET Aspire, Azure, Azure Functions, Blazor, C#, .NET 9, EF Core, Kafka

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GitHub Launches Copilot Pro+

https://www.csharp.com/news/github-launches-copilot-pro

Featured in Issue #173 April 11, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, AutoMapper, Azure, C#, Domain-Driven Design, .NET 10, .NET 8, .NET 9

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Copilot code review now generally available

https://www.csharp.com/news/github-launches-copilot-code-review-for-all-users

Featured in Issue #172 April 10, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, AutoMapper, Azure, Blazor, C#, .NET Core, EF Core, MediatR

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How to Use Copilot for Code Commenting and Documentation

https://www.csharp.com/article/how-to-use-copilot-for-code-commenting-and-documentation/

Featured in Issue #170 April 08, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, Design Patterns, EF Core, .NET MAUI, Performance

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Vibe coding with GitHub Copilot: Agent mode and MCP support rolling out to all VS Code users

https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/github-copilot-agent-mode-activated/

Featured in Issue #169 April 07, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Blazor, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 9, .NET Framework, .NET MAUI

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How to Write Boilerplate Code Using GitHub Copilot

https://www.csharp.com/article/how-to-write-boilerplate-code-using-github-copilot/

Featured in Issue #163 March 28, 2025

Issue also covered: Application Insights, ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, Azure, C#, .NET 9, EF Core, Performance

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Integrating Azure AI with GitHub Copilot for AI-Powered Code Generation

https://www.csharp.com/article/integrating-azure-ai-with-github-copilot-for-ai-powered-code-generation/

Featured in Issue #162 March 27, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 8, .NET 9, .NET Core, EF Core

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Introduction to Copilot Pages

https://www.csharp.com/article/introduction-to-copilot-pages/

Featured in Issue #160 March 25, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure DevOps, Benchmarking, Blazor, CQRS, C#, .NET 9, GitHub

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Smaller prompts, better answers with GitHub Copilot Custom Instructions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwIlqbTHjac

Featured in Issue #155 March 18, 2025

Issue also covered: AOT, ASP.NET Core, Azure, Benchmarking, Blazor, Clean Architecture, C#, Docker

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How GitHub Copilot Can Supercharge Your Productivity in Visual Studio 2022

https://medium.com/@ganesh.s.gurav/how-github-copilot-can-supercharge-your-productivity-in-visual-studio-2022-89fa62be35cf

Featured in Issue #153 March 14, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Blazor, C#, Docker, .NET Core, EF Core, Event Sourcing

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How to Write a Complete Website Code Using GitHub Copilot

https://www.csharp.com/article/how-to-write-a-complete-website-code-using-github-copilot/

Featured in Issue #152 March 13, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, Azure, C#, .NET 9, .NET MAUI, OpenAI, Performance

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🔴 VS Code - Agent Mode UPGRADE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe8ghwTMFlg

Featured in Issue #151 March 12, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, .NET Core, EF Core, .NET MAUI, Performance, Profiling

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Understanding AI-assisted coding workflows

https://blog.makerx.com.au/understanding-ai-assisted-coding-workflows/

Featured in Issue #150 March 11, 2025

Issue also covered: Authentication, Azure, Azure Functions, C#, .NET 10, OpenAI, Performance, Visual Studio

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Let's Learn .NET - GitHub Copilot (Portuguese)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3rS3X9sOOw

Featured in Issue #149 March 10, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Azure, .NET 10, Performance, Security, Service Bus, Visual Studio

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Leverage vision in Copilot Chat

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/attach-images-in-github-copilot-chat/

Featured in Issue #148 March 07, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, EF Core, JWT, .NET MAUI, Performance

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Hands On: New VS Code Insiders Build Creates Web Page from Image in Seconds

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2025/02/20/VS-Code-Insiders-Creates-Web-Page-from-Image-in-Seconds.aspx

Featured in Issue #146 March 05, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Azure Functions, CQRS, C#, .NET 9, .NET Core, EF Core

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GitHub Copilot Agent Mode: Build an iOS App in Minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKEWB0vg_Cs

Featured in Issue #143 February 28, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, AutoMapper, Azure, Blazor, C#, .NET 9, gRPC, .NET MAUI

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GitHub Copilot Just Took Over My API Testing… And I’m Not Mad About It!

https://medium.com/@nidhiname/github-copilot-just-took-over-my-api-testing-and-im-not-mad-about-it-2e1bc9d50c53

Featured in Issue #141 February 26, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Blazor, C#, EF Core, .NET MAUI, Performance, Unit Testing

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GitHub Copilot for Azure DevOps users

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/github-copilot-for-azure-devops-users/

Featured in Issue #140 February 25, 2025

Issue also covered: Azure, Azure DevOps, C#, .NET Core, EF Core, Performance, Security, Web API

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GitHub Copilot Chat Explained: The Life of a Prompt

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/all-things-azure/github-copilot-chat-explained-the-life-of-a-prompt/

Featured in Issue #138 February 21, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Azure, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, C#, Design Patterns, Docker

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Writing Boilerplate Code Using Copilot - The Copilot Show Ep. 2

https://www.csharp.com/article/writing-boilerplate-code-using-copilot-the-copilot-show-ep-2/

Featured in Issue #134 February 17, 2025

Issue also covered: AOT, ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, Benchmarking, Blazor, C#, .NET 10, .NET 8

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