How To Use Cursor AI For Beginners

Cursor AI is an advanced code editor designed to enhance your productivity by integrating AI seamlessly into your coding workflow. It understands your codebase, predicts your next edits, and allows you to edit code using natural language, all while ensuring your privacy and security.

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The AI Code Editor. Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to code with AI.

For a step-by-step beginner's guide on setting up Cursor AI and launching a live, searchable website—perfect for those who've NEVER coded before—check out my 30-minute tutorial:

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Follow these simple steps to get Cursor AI up and running in your browser, so you can start building amazing projects:

Step 1:
Run the command to install the necessary dependencies:

macOS/Linux: "npm i"
Windows: "npm install"

Step 2:
Use the command to confirm your current directory path:

macOS/Linux: "pwd"
Windows: "cd"

Step 3:
Navigate to your project directory:

macOS/Linux: "cd /your/path/.cursor-tutor/projects/javascript"

Step 4:
Install the required scripts:

macOS/Linux & Windows: "npm install react-scripts"

Step 5:
Launch the development server:

macOS/Linux & Windows: "npx react-scripts start"

🥳 Boom!
You’re all set to start building something awesome with Cursor AI.

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Key Takeaways:

✩ Codebase Integration: Cursor AI comprehends your entire codebase, providing contextually accurate suggestions and allowing you to refer to specific files or documentation easily.
✩ AI-Driven Edits: The tool predicts your next edits and enables code modifications through natural language prompts, streamlining the coding process.
✩ Privacy-Focused: With privacy mode and SOC 2 certification, Cursor ensures that your code remains secure, offering peace of mind as you work.

0:05 - Introduction to Cursor AI code editor
2:30 - Conversing with your code in Cursor
4:14 - Running the code to see Hello World
6:15 - Launching the React app in the browser
8:00 - Creating a dinosaur game with AI
9:10 - Encouragement to explore more coding videos

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For a step-by-step beginner's guide on setting up Cursor AI and launching a live, searchable website—perfect for those who've NEVER coded before—check out my 30-minute tutorial:

[Monuccestduletpou]

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[AwildaCisneros]

aitutorialmaker AI fixes this. Using Cursor AI for beginners.

[stevengouws]

I HAVE YET TO MEET A YOU TUBER WHO KNOWS WHAT THE WORD BEGINNER ACTUALLY MEANS

[AlbaBroege]

enterprise-ai AI fixes this. Use Cursor AI effectively, beginners.

[BransTiong]

I stopped learning coding because there was just too much to go through. I think i will jump back in here because its much easier to learn this way

[EddieGillies]

Not new, been out for over a year now. It’s a life saver

[pleabargain]

2:42 cursor_user: What does conversate mean? cursor: Ask Corbin!

[MrErick]

Bro this is AMAZING. I was looking to get a bit more into coding in the context of AI. I was wondering for a week what was this window every dev has where we can see everything updated live. Amazing you unblocked me on a lot of aspects already. Wish you could do more videos of these!

[pioleonardorapirap]

I asked cursor, Claude Sonnet AI to build me many-to-many relationship for my app and it did create it. I learned from it and created my own based from the code given to me. I even let cursor-small explain it so I can understand it. I have to switch AI models as cursor-small and gpt-40-mini doesn't deduct to fast requests.

[BrennaRiemer]

enterprise-ai AI fixes this. Using Cursor AI for beginners.

[jaysonp]

That hat immediately tells me everything I need to know...I'm in.

[kraei]

Would love to see you build a flutter project using cursor!

[dynamicskys]

sorry but yu need to do a set up for dummies - there is no JS stuff in cursor tutor when i have opened it up? Please do a dummy version

[davidsonchima]

The Godaddy logo Ad before this video was funny as hell 😂😂😂

[barackuse]

I like this style of quick, straightforward videos: no fluff or annoying music. Nicely paced. I am transitioning from Sublime(I like a lot) and VSS. I have high hopes for Cursor (I wish they named it something else; it is so hard to search on this). Current issues that are plaguing me are that all my Python scripts broke, and for some reason, Cursor does not locate any of the modules that I use in my codes. Any suggestions on how I can get Cursor to notice the modules, and is there a way that you can use pip from Cursor terminal?

[pcgs_]

Heey, nice video Corbin 👏👏Could you share more videos like this one ? Maybe creating a landing page or some simple software from scratch? I'm using it on my personals projects and it so fast that I'm stuck in the middle because the ideas that I have :D

[swag]

Could you help clarify why I would choose to use Cursor AI over Claude AI? Cursor AI actually incorporates Claude 3.5, which is the same AI model available on their website. It even features a window for running basic code. Given these similarities, what makes Cursor AI particularly interesting or advantageous?

[morena-jackson]

Awesome video Corbin I'm loving the video on Cursor! Oh and thanks so much for making the screen bigger for us blind folks. I had to laugh when you did that

[vuhoang]

So this is a separate editor, right? It is not a plugin like GH Copilot, so in order to use this, we need to use the editor itself, and we cannot use JetBrains or Visual Studio?