Build a full stack fitness application with GitHub Copilot in 40 minutes

Welcome to a custom Copilot workshop prepared by the GitHub’s Expert Service team!

This workshop involves several technology stacks, therefore it is essential that you need to meet prerequisites as outlined in the prerequisites getting started if you want to follow along. Otherwise, please follow along and listen to what the GitHub Expert Service team's instructor demo to see how it works in practice.

Objectives and key takeaways

Objectives

• Walk through a real-world use case:
  • Building a fitness tracker app from end to end.
  • Create a full stack of technologies for the infrastructure, frontend, and backend.
  • Using the latest GitHub Copilot features.

Key takeaways

• Build a full stack application with GitHub Copilot using exercises and instructions that you can take with you
• Experience the coolest, latest GitHub Copilot features, including Copilot and Copilot Chat
• Learn different concepts in GitHub Copilot and best practices for effectively leveraging Copilot in a variety of scenarios

Without further ado, let's get started.

Table of Contents

1. Story
2. Prerequisites, expectations, and assumptions
3. Getting started - front end setup with HTML and CSS
4. Prettifying the design with Bootstrap
5. Adding functionality with ReactJS
6. Adding a backend with NodeJS