GitHub Copilot for Beginners: AI Coding Crash Course

Our verdict: worth it — as long as the IT & Software skills on the syllabus match what you actually want to learn. The regular price for GitHub Copilot for Beginners: AI Coding Crash Course on Udemy is $149.99. With the coupon code on this page, that falls to $9.99 — a saving of $140.00, or 93% off the standard rate Spread across 19h of on-demand video, that works out to roughly $0.53 per hour of content — cheaper than a single chapter of most printed IT & Software textbooks.

A cheap price means nothing if the material is thin — here the syllabus is organized around usable outcomes. Anton Voroniuk and Dmytro Vasyliev walk you through set up GitHub Copilot in VS Code and understand its plans, privacy settings, and usage limits, explore Copilot’s key features: Code Completions, Inline Chat, Smart Actions, and Chat Context, and learn how to use Copilot Chat modes — Ask, Edit, and Agent — for different coding tasks — skills meant to be used, not just watched. It has already been taken by 27,029 students and holds a 4.6-star average from verified reviews, which suggests the content holds up once learners actually apply it.

Check the prerequisites before you commit: No experience with GitHub Copilot or AI tools is required; A basic understanding of JavaScript and React is helpful, but not required. Best suited to learners who already have footing in IT & Software. Plan for roughly 19h of on-demand video at your own pace. Lessons are delivered in English.