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How to use AI coding tools to learn a new programming language

Explore how AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot can accelerate your journey to learn new programming languages.

Introducing GitHub Models: A new generation of AI engineers building on GitHub

We are enabling the rise of the AI engineer with GitHub Models–bringing the power of industry leading large and small language models to our more than 100 million users directly on GitHub.

AI & ML

How GitHub harnesses AI to transform customer feedback into action

Learn how we’re experimenting with open source AI models to systematically incorporate customer feedback to supercharge our product roadmaps.

Security

Configure GitHub Artifact Attestations for secure cloud-native delivery

Introducing the generally available capability of GitHub Artifact Attestations to secure your cloud-native supply chain packages and images.

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AI & ML

What’s new with GitHub Copilot: July 2024

To enhance your coding experience, AI tools should excel at saving you time with repetitive, administrative tasks, while providing accurate solutions to assist developers. Today, we’re spotlighting three updates designed to increase efficiency and boost developer creativity.

Git

Highlights from Git 2.46

Git 2.46 is here with new features like pseudo-merge bitmaps, more capable credential helpers, and a new git config command. Check out our coverage on some of the highlights here.

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Engineering

How GitHub supports neurodiverse employees (and how your company can, too)

Teams with neurodivergent employees can be up to 30 percent more productive. Discover tips on how best to support them in your workplace.

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Changelog

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Copilot Metrics API Organization Team Metrics

August 9, 2024

Metrics for push protection bypass requests are included in the secret scanning metrics page

August 8, 2024

Enterprise Team Metrics Now Available on the Copilot Metrics API

August 8, 2024

The GitHub Enterprise Server 3.14 Release Candidate is available

August 7, 2024

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Engineering

How we improved availability through iterative simplification

Solving and staying ahead of problems when scaling up a system of GitHub’s size is a delicate process. Here’s a look at some of the tools in GitHub’s toolbox, and how we’ve used them to solve problems.

Exploring the challenges in creating an accessible sortable list (drag-and-drop)

Drag-and-drop is a highly interactive and visual interface. We often use drag-and-drop to perform tasks like uploading files, reordering browser bookmarks, or even moving a card in solitaire.

How we improved push processing on GitHub

Pushing code to GitHub is one of the most fundamental interactions that developers have with GitHub every day. Read how we have significantly improved the ability of our monolith to correctly and fully process pushes from our users.

How GitHub reduced testing time for iOS apps with new runner features

Learn how GitHub used macOS and Apple Silicon runners for GitHub Actions to build, test, and deploy our iOS app faster.

How we’re building more inclusive and accessible components at GitHub

We’ve made improvements to the way users of assistive technology can interact with and navigate lists of issues and pull requests and tables across GitHub.com.

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How NVDA & OSARA are empowering blind people globally

Meet Michael “Mick” Curran and Jamie Teh, the creators of the open-source NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access) screen reader—and a community of blind and low-vision developers, musicians, and audio engineers who use NVDA and OSARA.

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How to use Copilot Workspace

A closer look at how to use GitHub’s Copilot Workspace as GitHub Next’s Senior Director of Research, Idan Gazit, with a full demo and tutorial.

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A brief introduction to Git for beginners

Join GitHub Developer Advocate Kedasha Kerr as she guides you through everything you need to know to get started and be successful with Git and GitHub.

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