Our team at Roweb is more efficient and productive now because we recently started to use GitHub Copilot. Our development teams have adopted the tool and have already seen great results in productivity and help provided by this modern technology.
Since artificial intelligence took over most industries in the past few years, it slowly started to expand to web development as well. So, we were curious and keen to try out this new technology, implement it in our workflow, and track our performance with it.
What is GitHub Copilot?
GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered coding assistant made by GitHub and OpenAI. It helps you code faster by giving real-time suggestions, auto-completions, and code snippets right in your IDE. Its goal is to help developers become more efficient at writing code and solve issues easier.
Here are some of the GitHub Copilot benefits:
Supports multiple programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java, C++, and more.
Gives you suggestions that are relevant to your work. While you type, Copilot shows coding suggestions based on your history in the editor, such as previously used functions, variable names, syntax, comments, and prompts.
Allows you to edit and make changes across multiple files at once.
Generates code snippets based on your custom requirements.
Fixes bugs and code errors. Just ask the editor to check the code you wrote, and it will fix bugs and mistakes before you review it manually.
Integrates with third-party tools and services. It provides a library of existing extensions (such as Docker, Stack Overflow, Microsoft Teams, and Perplexity), but you can create your own extension, too.
Converts code from one language to another so you don’t have to do it manually.
Lets you save frequently used code snippets so you can just look them up and introduce them in your code with just one click next time.
Analyzes your code and checks your apps for security issues and vulnerabilities.
Comes with three AI models that you can choose from when asking prompts. You can choose between Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, OpenAI o1, and GPT 4o.
Why we chose to adopt GitHub Copilot at Roweb
When we made the decision, we had in mind that it was time to embrace the technology of the moment in our development efforts.
The technology of the moment is, of course, artificial intelligence. We considered that it could turn out to be beneficial to both our company and clients in the long run.
And we were not wrong.
How using GitHub Copilot impacted the company
Soon after introducing the tool in our teams, here’s how it improved our work:
First, it increased our productivity. We are now able to do more in less time, which is already a success.
Increased productivity and less time translate into lower costs for our clients. So, it’s not only our team that benefits from using Copilot, but our clients also have a win in this.
Since we spend less time coding, we have the chance to spend our spare time innovating our services. This way, our clients can benefit more from working with us by getting better products that align with today’s needs and requirements.
From a developer’s perspective, we get faster at coding, which makes it easier to handle the workload.
Instead of remembering formulas and writing code off the top of the head, we now just ask GitHub Copilot and it gives us the answers we need, along with suggestions, error resolutions, and integrations with various extensions.
Simply put, we get more efficient at coding every day and feel more productive overall. Also, it feels easier now to perform our work when we don’t have to do everything manually, spend valuable time solving minor issues, and do endless research on various matters when it can all be done quickly and from the same AI editor.
Moreover, we are excited to have the chance to explore modern tools based on AI, adapt our work to today’s trends, and build new skills and knowledge with technologies that shape the future of web development.
In conclusion, we hope that our collaboration with our clients will be even smoother from now on, while our developers will be happier with what their work will look like in the future.
