Beyond the Crash Course: What’s Next?
Take the next step with Windsurf by exploring advanced tools like image upload and MCP to streamline your workflow and integrate AI deeper into your daily development.
You’ve now covered the basics: setting up Windsurf, using Cascade and Autocomplete to write code, debugging, testing, packaging, and deploying to Netlify—all without leaving the IDE. That’s a solid foundation for more efficient development.
There’s still more to explore. This final lesson doesn’t walk through another demo—instead, it introduces advanced capabilities, resources to deepen your understanding, and tips for integrating AI tools into your daily workflow.
More Windsurf features to explore
Two of the coolest features we haven’t deep‑dived into yet are Image Upload and the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Let’s briefly unpack how they work, why they’re game‑changers, and how you can start weaving them into your development rhythm today.
How does image upload work?
Explaining UI issues with words can be slow. Image Upload lets you drop a screenshot directly into the Cascade chat. Windsurf then analyzes the image and suggests relevant ...