Copilot is my Copilot: Pair programming with an AI
summary
Builds a Spring Boot 3 app (Java 17) with MongoDB, seeds four developer records, and wires a REST controller, repository and tests using GitHub Copilot and Copilot Chat in VS Code; uses Testcontainers for running MongoDB in CI and scaffolds infrastructure with Terraform on Azure Spring Apps. Generated unit tests run green but Copilot sometimes hallucinates non‑existent APIs, so human review is required. Primary claim: Copilot is a developer force‑multiplier for boilerplate, docs and tests, not a hands‑off replacement.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:48Why co-pilot is my co-pilot
- 7:41Copilot as supportive tool
- 10:50Is Copilot necessary?
- 14:23AI tools evolution
- 16:09Setting up demo project
- 20:27Domain model with AI
- 22:34REST controller with AI
- 24:40Loading data with Copilot Chat
- 30:26Running and testing
- 33:01Generating unit tests
- 39:47Deploying with Terraform
- 43:40AI pitfalls and hallucinations
- 46:31When to use AI tools
- 47:14AI as force multiplier
- 48:41Q&A
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