GitHub Copilot SDK Demo: Building 'Flight School' Personalized Coding Challenges
Chris Reddington showcases how to build ‘Flight School’—a personalized learning application powered by the GitHub Copilot SDK—demonstrating daily coding challenge generation, automated test evaluation, and repo management.
GitHub Copilot SDK Demo: Creating “Flight School”
Presenter: Chris Reddington
Overview
In this session, Chris Reddington demonstrates “Flight School,” a custom application built with Next.js and the GitHub Copilot SDK. The app delivers a unique, personalized learning experience for developers by generating daily coding challenges that align with users’ GitHub profiles.
Key features include:
- Agentic Workflows: Leverages the Copilot SDK for advanced, automated workflows that personalize content.
- Challenge Generation: Uses data from GitHub profiles to tailor coding challenges for the user.
- Test Evaluation: Automatically evaluates user-submitted solutions against pre-defined test cases.
- Project Export: Automates exporting completed projects to new GitHub repositories for easy sharing and version control.
Technical Details
- Tech Stack: Next.js for front-end, GitHub Copilot SDK for backend automation.
- Workflow Automation: Demonstrates functional agentic workflows enabled by Copilot SDK, such as content customization and outcome analysis.
- Integration: Deep API integration with GitHub for user profiling, repository management, and CI/CD hooks.
Benefits and Applications
- Streamlines creating tailored, interactive learning paths for developers.
- Empowers users to practice coding in personalized scenarios and see results in real time.
- Simplifies exporting code and managing projects directly through GitHub automation.
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