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Foundations of AI Coding Agents with Windsurf
Accelerate your team’s development workflow with AI-powered coding assistants. This course equips participants with the skills to integrate Windsurf into their coding processes, boosting...
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Accelerate your team’s development workflow with AI-powered coding assistants. This course equips participants with the skills to integrate Windsurf into their coding processes, boosting productivity and code quality. Participants learn prompt engineering, explore key features, and leverage advanced functionalities of Windsurf to streamline coding tasks and improve efficiency.
Skills Gained
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Boost productivity with AI-powered coding assistants
- Improve code quality using Windsurf’s features
- Enhance coding efficiency with prompt engineering techniques
- Streamline code generation, completion, and refactoring
- Troubleshoot and debug effectively with Windsurf
- Use advanced Windsurf features for better workflow
Who Can Benefit
- Software Developers
- Data Scientists & Analysts
- Anyone interested in coding assistants
Prerequisites
- Familiarity using Generative AI
- Practical Python experience
Course Details
Software
All attendees must have a modern web browser and an Internet connection.
AI Coding Assistant Foundations
- AI coding assistant architecture and components
- Context windows and token limits
- Agentic operation and the plan-execute-iterate cycle
- Autonomous file, terminal, and Git operations
- Reviewing and accepting proposed changes
- Tool permissions and safety controls
Context Engineering
- Context management fundamentals
- Prompting techniques (zero-shot, few-shot, chain-of-thought)
- Reference systems (@file, @codebase, @docs, @web)
- Extended thinking modes and budget allocation
- Memory and cross-session persistence
Configuration Standards
- Configuration file hierarchy and version control
- Universal context configuration (e.g., CLAUDE.md) and cross-tool compatibility
- AGENTS.md format and conventions
- Tool-specific configuration files
- File exclusion strategies
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- MCP architecture (hosts, clients, servers)
- MCP primitives (tools, resources, prompts)
- Configuration and server installation
- Security considerations and permission management
Practical Workflows
- Code generation and multi-file scaffolding
- Automated code review and security scanning
- Test generation and test-driven workflows
- Agent-driven debugging and error diagnosis
- Refactoring patterns (single-file and multi-file)
- Documentation generation
- Git integration and automated commit messages
Windsurf Features
- Cascade agent (Code Mode vs. Chat Mode)
- Tool call limits and auto-continuation
- Turbo Mode configuration
- SWE-1 model family selection
- Supercomplete and intent prediction
- Tab to Import for dependencies
- Cascade Memories (auto-generated and user-defined)
- Simultaneous Cascades and parallel sessions
- Windsurf Previews and live web testing
- .windsurf/rules/ configuration
Schedule
FAQ
Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?
Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.
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