The GitHub Community Roundup - 2024.04.19
Tags: github, developer, news, community
Published: 2024-04-19 17:11:01

Hello everyone and welcome back to this week's edition of the GitHub Community Roundup! Here in the northern hemisphere we're starting to see signs of spring and hopefully some warmer weather. There are some great blogs that got published this week, check out the latest content from our awesome community: 

### <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/how-copilot-is-being-used-by-the-time-travel-debugging-team-for-repetitive-c-coding/" target="_blank">How Copilot is being used by the Time Travel debugging team with C++</a><br>

This great article from [Sinem Akinci](ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sinem-akinci-70910bb7/) showcases how one of the groups at Microsoft are actively using C++ in their development processes. Check it out and learn some great real life development use cases. 

###<a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/how-to-use-github-copilot-chat-in-visual-studio/?WT.mc_id=academic-129246-abartolo" target="_blank">How Copilot is being used by the Time Travel debugging team with C++</a><br>

We often see how to use GitHub Copilot in VSCode or GitHub Codespaces, but this article focuses directly on the use cases with Visual Studio. So if you're developing within Visual Studio, you do not want to miss this post from [Laurent Bugnion](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lbugnion/) and [Cynthia Zanoni]( https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiazanoni/)

###<a href="https://thomasthornton.cloud/2024/04/18/update-github-pull-request-body-using-github-actions/" target="_blank">Update your Pull Requests with GitHub Actions</a><br>

Did you know that 50% of pull requests have little to no description? [Thomas Thornton](https://twitter.com/tamstar1234) has written a great article on automation and how to leverage GitHub Actions to update your pull requests. 

###<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-setup-codeql-github-advanced-security-zeeshan-javeed-t3lfe/" target="_blank">Setting Up CodeQL</a><br>

Security is crucial to development, however with GitHub Advanced Security it leverage automation and tooling to keep your code more secure. Read [Zeeshan Javeed's](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeeshan-javeed-096561b/) blog on how to get it configured easily. 

If you’ve written an article about GitHub or find some great content about GitHub or any of its features or products, please share it with the #GitHub hashtag on Twitter, dev.to or LinkedIn!

## What's new at GitHub this week? 

###<a href="https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/series/S-1298/?WT.mc_id=academic-128170-alfredodeza&wt.mc_id=twitter_128170_organicsocial_reactor" target="_blank">Earn your GitHub Foundations certification</a><br>
Get GitHub certified and get started with this learning path, free!


###<a href="https://githubuniverse.com/#call-for-sessions" target="_blank">GitHub Universe call for sessions</a><br>
Apply to speak at GitHub Universe 2024, the call for submissions is now open to all!

###<a href="https://twitter.com/TEDAI2024/status/1781006349834268923" target="_blank">Thomas Dohmke spoke at TED</a><br>

GitHub's CEO Thomas Dohmke took the stage this past week and presented at TED. The session will be out soon to watch!


Thank you to the community for putting together these great updates!

Happy Friday!