Day 2 of 10 25 minTerminal agentsEditor pluginsAI editors
The three most popular AI coding tools work in different places, a terminal agent, a plugin in your existing editor, and an AI-first editor. Learn what each is best at and how to choose, without getting locked into one.
By the end of today you can
- Describe where Claude Code, GitHub Copilot and Cursor run
- Compare their strengths for everyday coding tasks
- Name other common tools and what they have in common
- Choose a tool based on your editor, team and type of work
- Understand which skills transfer between tools
What's inside
- 3 sections
- 2 diagrams and mind maps
- 5-question quiz
- 1Where each tool lives
- 2How to choose
- 3What transfers between tools
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