Hi all, I am Arpit Mohanty, I am Full Stack, AWS Certified Software Professional. Today we are going to talk about Language Barriers in Programming and How to break them using GitHub Co-Pilot

In my experience as a Mentor, I have several times comes across the issue of Language Barrier for Programming with my mentees. Before we go any further lets understand what is a Language Barrier in Programming .

A language barrier in programming refers to difficulties or challenges that arise when programmers who speak different languages attempt to collaborate, communicate, or understand code.
It can manifest in several ways lets say Technical Documentation which is mostly in English , or lets say we have a function that we are not able to understand and the documentation is in English but if I am a non English speaker.
These are a few barrier that a Language Gap causes and adversely affects the team.

Multilingual Programming

What is Multilingual Programming ?
Multilingual programming refers to the practice of writing code in multiple programming languages or using tools that support multiple languages.

How does it help ?

•Accessibility – Opens up a lot opportunities for developer across the world

•Understanding – No more relying or interpreting English documents

•Communication – Easier to articulate your though during review process

•Cultural Relevance – Much easier team bonding and communication

What is GitHub Co Pilot ? And How Does it help?

GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered code completion tool developed by GitHub, in collaboration with OpenAI. It is designed to assist developers in writing code more efficiently.

It has the ability to respond in several languages the once that i have used it for is for
– Hindi (Namaste)
– Spanish (Hola!)

Some use Cases!

1. Understand Complex Code in your own Language.
   Here I asked Co Pilot to help me understand a function but use Hindi to do so.
   
2. Using Non-English Prompt for Code Generation
   Here I have asked Co Pilot to Generate a package Json file for me and explain it in Spanish.
   

Several other use cases can be catered utilising the multilingual facility of Github Co Pilot.

Thank You so much for reading my post , let me know if you have any other interesting cases for GitHub Co Pilot in the comments or any feedback at all.