Course Outline
The Cascade Conversational Interface
- Understanding how Cascade differs from traditional chat panels in other IDEs
- Maintaining conversational context across feature requests
- Switching between explain, plan, and act modes within Cascade
- Applying real-world conversation patterns for bug fixing and feature development
Predictive Edits and Multi-File Awareness
- Understanding what predictive edits are and when they trigger automatically
- Accepting, rejecting, and tuning edit suggestions across multiple files
- Automatically tracking dependencies between edited files
- Reverting cascading changes when predictions are incorrect
Terminal Integration Inside the Editor
- Opening and managing integrated terminal sessions
- How Cascade monitors terminal output to refine subsequent steps
- Running tests, builds, and deployments without leaving Windsurf
- Handling interactive CLI prompts during automated flows
Windsurf Indexing and Context Management
- How Windsurf builds and maintains a real-time project index
- Differences in indexing behavior for monorepos versus single repositories
- Excluding generated artifacts and build directories to accelerate indexing
- Rebuilding the index following major structural changes
Conversational Feature Building
- Describing a feature in plain language and observing Cascade plan its implementation
- Reviewing the generated file list before accepting changes
- Running generated code immediately and feeding errors back to Cascade
- Iterative refinement through conversational follow-up prompts
Custom Rules and Technology-Specific Prompting
- Writing project-specific rules for internal frameworks
- Enforcing naming conventions via Windsurf rule files
- Customizing indexing for DSLs and non-standard file formats
- Sharing rule sets across a development team
Debugging with Cascade Assistance
- Pasting stack traces into Cascade for root-cause analysis
- Asking Cascade to compare working and broken versions of code
- Running regression tests within Cascade's terminal watcher
- Identifying hallucinated imports or missing dependencies after edits
Version Control and Review Integration
- Generating commit messages from conversational change summaries
- Preparing pull request descriptions via Cascade chat
- Responding to reviewer comments with targeted file edits
- Maintaining a clean commit history during conversational development
Performance and Enterprise Deployment
- Managing large workspace indexing within memory constraints
- Optimizing startup time for repositories containing many files
- Understanding Windsurf's data handling and training opt-out options
- Configuring enterprise proxies and VPNs for regulated environments
Transitioning from Other Editors
- Importing keybindings and settings from VS Code or JetBrains
- Exporting Windsurf extensions back into standard VS Code
- Strategies for team migration and pilot program structures
Requirements
- Experience with an IDE such as VS Code or JetBrains
- Familiarity with Git and agile development workflows
- Basic experience with LLM-based chat interfaces
Audience
- Developers evaluating Windsurf as their primary development environment
- Product teams seeking native conversational AI within their editor
- Freelancers aiming to minimize context switching through terminal-in-IDE workflows
Custom Corporate Training
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- Customized Content: We adapt the syllabus and practical exercises to the real goals and needs of your project.
- Flexible Schedule: Dates and times adapted to your team's agenda.
- Format: Online (live), In-company (at your offices), or Hybrid.
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