Anyone used GitHub Copilot? Does it really help?
My company is offering to pay for a Copilot license, but I haven't tried it yet. Some people around me say it's great, while others say it's more of a hindrance.
Can those who have actually used it share the pros and cons? I mainly use Java/Spring — does it work well there too?
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Agreed, my productivity really goes up lol
It's quite helpful in Java Spring as well. Especially good for writing boilerplate code and generating unit tests. However, it can get confused with complex business logic, so you need to be careful there. Still, it's usable.
Well, I wasn't impressed. The code quality was so bad that it actually took longer when I had to fix things.
At first it felt like a whole new world, but as I kept using it, I found it actually gets in the way in areas I know well. That said, it seems useful for languages or frameworks I'm not familiar with. I know Java and Spring pretty well, so I don't end up using it much for those.