Transitioning to Cursor: A New AI-Powered Coding Experience

Cursor AI significantly enhances coding efficiency with its superior context awareness and quick shortcuts over GitHub Copilot.

### Transitioning to Cursor: A Game-Changer in AI-Powered Coding
* 💻 After 9 years of coding experience, I transitioned from **Vim/Neovim** to **VS Code**, and finally to **JetBrains IDE**, specifically **WebStorm**, for **full-stack web development**.
* 🚀 Recently, I decided to try Cursor, the new AI-powered IDE, for two weeks, and I was genuinely **impressed with its capabilities** compared to GitHub Copilot and other AI solutions.
* 🔍 Cursor, built on the VS Code framework, offers a **familiar environment** and seamlessly supports **existing VS Code extensions**, making it **user-friendly** for those accustomed to VS Code.
* ✨ The two major improvements Cursor has over GitHub Copilot include a **superior user experience** and **new AI use cases**, allowing for **easier interaction with the code** and **contextual awareness**.
* 🔄 One standout feature is Cursor's ability to **predict the next line of code across the entire project**, significantly reducing manual coding efforts, unlike GitHub Copilot, which requires **more manual navigation**.
* ⚡ Although Cursor has remarkable AI functionalities, I still find JetBrains IDEs superior in terms of **Git UI and refactoring capabilities**, which I believe Cursor could improve upon.
* 🤔 Ideally, a combination of JetBrains' **robust features** with Cursor's **advanced AI functionalities** would create the perfect coding environment, enhancing **productivity and efficiency**.
* 💬 I encourage others to try out Cursor and share their experiences, as I believe it represents a **significant advancement in AI-assisted coding**.

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My Transition to Cursor: The AI-Powered IDE

After 9 years of coding, I transitioned from Vim/Neovim to VS Code, then to JetBrains WebStorm, and finally tried Cursor for 2 weeks.

I was impressed by Cursor's superior performance compared to GitHub Copilot, offering a familiar VS Code environment and seamless extension integration.

Cursor's unique features, such as quick AI code generation and contextual chatting, set it apart as the best AI coding assistant I've used.

Cursor's AI assistant has a better user experience, with quick keyboard macros and a higher success rate in finding existing components for code generation.

The unique feature of Cursor is its next line of code prediction, allowing it to jump to and update all references of a changed function name in the project.

This capability significantly reduces the amount of manual coding required, making Cursor a more efficient option for code completion.

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It also offers a "tap to predict" feature and cursor-based code generation for added convenience.

Cursor AI excels in code prediction, quickly generating the correct code by referencing the right property.

The author finds Cursor's code generation faster and more efficient than GitHub Copilot.

However, the author dislikes Cursor's VS Code-based setup and the need to manage multiple extensions, preferring the more opinionated and out-of-the-box approach of JetBrains products.

Desired Features for a Perfect Code Editor

The speaker finds it annoying to use extensions for feature parity between VS Code and JetBrains IDE.

They appreciate JetBrains' Git UI and refactoring experience, wishing for similar features in VS Code.

The ideal editor would combine JetBrains' functionality with Cursor AI features, such as quick keyboard shortcuts and line prediction.