GitHub Copilot in Rstudio, it's finally here!

Thomas Mock, PhD, Workbench Product Manager at Posit PBC.

In this webinar, part of a new quarterly R/Med seminar series, Thomas demonstrates how to set up Copilot in RStudio and then provides examples of using it to generate code by providing context and comments. Some key points covered include:

How Copilot works by predicting the next token based on context.
Tips for using Copilot effectively, like breaking problems down simply, specifically, and using comments.
Examples of Copilot generating functions, tests, and repeating tasks.
Using other tools like Chatter to ask questions when stuck.

Main Sections

00:00 Intro
01:35 What is generative AI?
04:27 What is Copilot?
08:50 Copilot in RStudio
10:15 Get started
13:01 Getting the most out of the generative loop
15:14 Simple and specific
24:29 Getting stuck?
28:53 {chattr} package
31:17 Generative AI tools with Posit Workbench and RStudio
32:43 Examples using Copilot inside RStudio
51:42 Q&A and RStudio User Guide

More Resources

R Medicine Virtual Conference 2023:    • R Medicine Virtual Conference 2023  

R Consortium https://www.r-consortium.org/
Blog: https://www.r-consortium.org/news/blog
Join: https://www.r-consortium.org/about/join
Twitter:   / rconsortium  
LinkedIn:   / r-consortium  
Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@RConsortium