"In the future I'll need to protect my pinky": GitHub Copilot writes a Node.js tutorial
Kerri and Ash go down a GitHub Copilot rabbit hole, but not for coding apps like you might expect!
Instead, they are exploring the possibilities of authoring technical tutorials for developers where 95% of the writing is done by AI/ML.
In this episode, you'll get to listen to *thrilling* audio content wherein Ash hits the tab button in VS Code until he's got a Node.js and Express tutorial written almost entirely by GitHub Copilot.
What does it all mean?! Kerri and Ash want to know!
- Can GitHub Copilot do QA for an article that it mostly wrote on its own?
- Could Copilot please just write a sample app, author the tutorial, then QA everything already thx?
- Can we simply tab our way into writing bespoke tutorials for technologies we don't even know yet with GitHub Copilot?
- Will humans still at least get to make the memes?
See below for the text of the article GitHub Copilot created (in proper Markdown!) based on a seed of 8–10 words provided by a soon-to-be-obsolete human, including the inexplicable link in the "Next steps" section to the Photoshop UXP API documentation.
Relax and enjoy this podcast, humans; the AIs can do the work now.
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# Making a server with Node.js and Express
In this tutorial, we will make a simple server with Node.js and Express. We will also use the `express-generator` package to generate the project.
## Prerequisites
- Node.js
- npm
- Express
## Building the project
First, we will create a new project using the `express-generator` package. This package will generate a new project for us, and we can use it to create a new project.
```bash
$ npm install express-generator -g
$ express myapp
$ cd myapp
$ npm install
```
Now, we can run the project using the `npm start` command.
```bash
$ npm start
```
This will start the server on port 3000. We can now visit the server at `http://localhost:3000`.
## Adding a route
Now, we will add a new route to the server. We will add a new route to the `routes/index.js` file.
```js
router.get("/hello", function (req, res, next) {
res.send("Hello World!");
});
```
Now, we can visit the route at `http://localhost:3000/hello`.
## Conclusion
In this tutorial, we learned how to make a simple server with Node.js and Express. We also learned how to use the `express-generator` package to generate a new project.
## Next steps
- [Making a server with Node.js and Express](https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/guides/getting-started/making-a-server-with-nodejs-and-express/)
## Resources
- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/)
- [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)
- [Express](https://expressjs.com/)
- [express-generator](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-generator)
