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Beyond Code: Using Cursor for Design, Data, and Documentation

Explore how to use Cursor AI as a versatile assistant for generating styled UI components, designing database schemas, writing SQL queries, and drafting professional technical documentation. Understand advanced prompting strategies to enhance your software development workflow beyond coding tasks.

The role of a modern software engineer often extends beyond writing application logic. We are frequently involved in UI design discussions, database schema planning, and the creation of technical documentation. While Cursor is primarily a code editor, its powerful AI is a versatile language model capable of assisting with a wide range of text-based tasks that are crucial to the software development lifecycle.

In this lesson, we will explore how to push the boundaries of what we can do with Cursor. We will learn how to use it as an assistant for ...

Python 3.10.4
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<div class="fixed inset-0 bg-black bg-opacity-50 flex items-center justify-center z-50">
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<div class="bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg w-full max-w-md mx-4 p-6">
<!-- Modal Title -->
<h2 class="text-2xl font-semibold mb-4">Create New Note</h2>
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<label class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-700" for="note-title">Title</label>
<input
id="note-title"
type="text"
class="w-full mb-4 px-3 py-2 border border-gray-300 rounded focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500"
placeholder="Enter note title"
/>
<!-- Note Content Textarea -->
<label class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-700" for="note-content">Content</label>
<textarea
id="note-content"
rows="5"
class="w-full mb-6 px-3 py-2 border border-gray-300 rounded focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 resize-none"
placeholder="Enter note content"
></textarea>
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<div class="flex justify-end space-x-3">
<button
class="px-4 py-2 bg-blue-600 text-white rounded hover:bg-blue-700 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-400"
type="button"
>
Save Note
</button>
<button
class="px-4 py-2 bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 rounded hover:bg-gray-300 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-gray-300"
type="button"
>
Cancel
</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>

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