🛠️ AI Developer Tools¶
Status: 🔜 Coming soon
Goal: Understand the AI-powered coding tool landscape — IDEs, agents, and copilots
What You'll Learn¶
As AI reshapes how people write code, a new generation of tools has emerged. This section helps you understand what they are, how they differ, and where GitHub Copilot fits in.
Planned Topics¶
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| What is an IDE? | The concept explained for non-devs — Word is to writing what an IDE is to coding |
| The AI coding tools landscape | Editors vs agents vs copilots — how they differ |
| GitHub Copilot (in VS Code) | What you already have — inline assistant, chat, Copilot Edits |
| GitHub Copilot CLI | The terminal agent you use daily (crosslink to existing section) |
| Cursor IDE | VS Code fork rebuilt around AI — Composer, multi-file edits, background agents |
| Claude Code | Anthropic's terminal agent — massive context, whole-codebase reasoning |
| Windsurf | Codeium's AI IDE — "flow state" focused, minimal friction |
| Comparison table | Side-by-side: pricing, strengths, who it's for |
| The "stack" trend | Why devs use 2-3 tools together (IDE + agent + copilot) |
☕ Café Analogy¶
If coding is cooking in a kitchen:
- VS Code = the kitchen itself
- Copilot = a sous chef who suggests ingredients
- Cursor = a smart kitchen that rearranges itself for each recipe
- Claude Code = a head chef who can redesign the whole menu