Craft a Professional AI Developer Setup

Name: Cursor & Claude Code: Professional AI Setup
Author: Steve Kinney

Boost your coding productivity with AI-assisted tools and agents. Use Cursor and Claude Code for precise inline edits or to delegate larger tasks to background agents.

Why Learn Cursor & Claude Code

Code Faster with AI-Assisted Engineering

Make Edits with Natural Language

Refactor quickly and generate features with natural language instructions and well-crafted prompts all inside Cursor.

Build and Execute Project Plans

Create and review markdown-based project plans. Iterate on ideas and specifications, and let Claude Code work in the background on new features.

Extend Tools with MCP

Add MCP servers to go beyond the built-in features and give your AI tools new capabilities and integrations with remote services.

Manage the Context Window

Maintain high-quality results and lower token usage with project boundaries that limit scope and compacted context windows.

What You'll Learn

Discover AI-Assisted Engineering

Lessons

3.7

Hours

4.7

Rating

Certificate of Completion

Learn at Your Own Pace

Use Cursor and Claude Code for precise inline edits or to delegate larger tasks to background agents. Build project plans with guardrails, rules, and linting to keep output on track. Follow real-world workflows from a professional developer to harness AI agents for faster, higher-quality code!

Gain insight into how Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini, Codex, and other AI tools fit into your development workflow.
Use Cursor's inline edits to refactor quickly or agent mode to generate larger features inside a codebase.
Create project boundaries and reference files to limit the scope and get higher-quality output from agents.
Boost productivity by letting Claude Code work on a branch in the background and submit well-documented PRs.
Learn how lead engineers use AI-assisted workflows to ship faster and maintain high-quality codebases.

Get Started with Cursor & Claude Code

Master the Future of Software Development

Get hands-on with Cursor and Claude Code as you learn how AI tools can boost your productivity and add value to your development workflow.

Steve Kinney Lead Engineer & Frontend Architect

Your (Awesome) Instructor

Learning how to harness these tools is a skill in and of itself. I think it's a great opportunity to be more productive on a day-to-day basis. There are caveats, and occasionally, you'll need to go in there yourself and fix it. But building these skills now can put you on equal footing with somebody who has a decade or more of experience than you.

A Software Engineer, Leader, Educator, and Artist

As a leader, Steve blends technical expertise with empathetic coaching, guiding teams through challenges like front-end optimization and system overhauls. Balancing hands-on engineering with leadership has been central to Steve's approach.

Head of Front-End Engineering

Lead the development of scalable and intuitive user interfaces for distributed systems and modernized UI frameworks for open-source and cloud-based experiences at Temporal.

Software Architect

Shaped product design and system architecture for a quickly evolving organization.

Background Rooted in Education

Started as a New York City Teaching fellow and later founded the Front-End Engineering program at the Turing School of Software and Design, helping software engineers develop skills that transcend specific technologies.

Introduction

19 minutes

Cursor

1 hour, 13 minutes

Agents & MCPs

37 minutes

Claude Code

1 hour, 23 minutes

Wrapping Up

9 minutes

3 hours, 42 minutes

Get Started with Cursor & Claude Code

Best in Class Course Player

Your Cursor and Claude Code Adventure Begins Here

Course Progress: Learn at your own pace and pick up right where you left off.
Robust Note-Taking: Take notes alongside transcripts to easily reference information while learning.
Q&A and Code Corrections: Submit and view questions and answers, as well as code corrections.

Earn a Completion Certificate

After completing this course, you'll receive a certificate of completion that serves as proof of your achievement, showcasing your expertise, and commitment to professional development. You can easily share this certificate on your LinkedIn profile to highlight your new skills and demonstrate continuous learning to potential employers and professional connections.