Final-year students
Placement season is close and your resume still has no project on it.
Finish with three pieces of work you can demo in an interview.
AI Agents
Cursor Mastery — The AI-First Code Editor
Drive an editor where the assistant can see and change the whole project, and learn the discipline that makes that safe: describe, review the diff, test, commit.
- 5 weeksEstimated time
- 4Modules
- 15Lessons
- 3Projects
- YesCertificate
- FreePrice
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Who this course is for
Three people take this course. The work is the same; the reason is different.
Fresh graduates
You have the degree, but the job ads ask for proof of skill.
Build a portfolio before the next hiring round, not after it.
Career switchers
You are experienced elsewhere, new to this field, and starting from zero.
Learn the vocabulary and ship one published project that proves the switch.
Proof, not notes
What you will build
Every module ends in something finished. These are the pieces you leave with.
Build something small but complete
a tracker, a tool, a small site with a backend — using project-wide edits for the boring parts and your own hands for the logic.
Skills used AI Agents
Portfolio project
A written specification file
makes every new feature start the same way
Skills used AI Agents
Portfolio project
A walkthrough of one cross-cutting
change, file by file
Skills used AI Agents
Portfolio project
The brief
Your final project
A walkthrough of one cross-cutting
change, file by file
- Write down, in one sentence, what the finished thing does and who it is for.
- Build it with the tools this course taught. A borrowed project cannot be explained in an interview.
- Run it from a clean start on another machine, and fix whatever breaks.
- Publish it, and put the link at the top of your resume's project section.
What changes
What you will be able to do
Not definitions to recite — tasks you can open a laptop and complete.
Roles this supports Software developer and internship roles at small product teams · Full-stack and tooling roles where breadth is expected · Any role where shipping small things often is the job
- Choose between inline edit and a project-wide agent edit, correctly
- Write a specification an agent can follow without guessing
- Review a multi-file diff and spot the change you did not ask for
- Use the assistant to explain a project you did not write
- Keep credentials and unpublished code out of a personal account
- Ship one complete small application with a clean commit history
The syllabus
Course curriculum
4 modules · 15 lessons. Open a module to see its outcome and lesson titles.
Module 1 Foundations — what Cursor is Meet the tool, get an account, and learn the screen before you learn the prompting.
- 01 Meet Cursor — what it is and who makes it Free preview
- 02 Signing in: what is free, what is paid, and what you actually need
- 03 The screen: where every control lives
Deliverable 3 practice tasks, one per lesson
Module 2 Prompting — getting a real answer How Cursor reads text, the four-part prompt, your own work, and what to do when the answer is wrong.
- 04 How Cursor reads what you type
- 05 The four-part prompt: role, task, context, format
- 06 Cursor for the work you actually have
- 07 When the answer is wrong: iterate instead of restarting
Deliverable 4 practice tasks, one per lesson
Module 3 Files, tools and your own data Documents and tables, Project-wide edits with a reviewable diff, the API, and one boring task automated.
- 08 Files, tables and long documents
- 09 Project-wide edits with a reviewable diff — Cursor's own feature
- 10 Editor integrations and your own tooling and your first script
- 11 Automate one boring task with Cursor
Deliverable 4 practice tasks, one per lesson
Module 4 Career, projects and honesty A finished portfolio project, the privacy rules, the limits, and the Anysphere certification paths.
- 12 Build the portfolio project: a small application built with the assistant, reviewed by you
- 13 Ethics, privacy and what never to paste
- 14 Limits, hallucinations and how to check
- 15 Get certified: the official Anysphere paths
Deliverable 4 practice tasks, one per lesson
Lesson explanations, worked examples and practice tasks are in the learning player, not on this page — so you can read the syllabus without scrolling through the whole course.
How the course works
Every lesson follows the same four steps. No passive video playlists.
- 1
Learn the concept
A short explanation in plain English, with the one idea the lesson depends on.
- 2
See a worked example
The same task done end to end, with the reasoning behind each step.
- 3
Complete the practice task
You write it yourself. The task is the lesson; the reading is only the setup.
- 4
Build and publish a project
Each module ends in work you can open, explain and attach to an application.
Way2Fresher Academy
Courses written for the fresher hiring market — not translated from a bootcamp built for another country.
- Plain English Every explanation is written to be read once, slowly, by someone new to the field.
- Project-first A practice task in every lesson and a project at the end of every module.
- No paywall The full syllabus, all lessons and the certificate are free. Nothing is held back for a paid tier.
3Portfolio projects
15Lessons
The work is the proof
A fresher interview cannot assess a certificate. It can assess a project you can open, explain and change on the spot — which is why every course here ends in one.
- A finished project brief with an evaluation checklist
- A shareable repository, dashboard or case study
- A certificate that records the work, once every lesson is done
Frequently asked questions
The answers that decide whether this is the right six weeks.
Is this just an editor with AI bolted on?
The editing surface and the workflow are designed around the assistant, so the diff-and-review habit is the default rather than an extra. That is the difference you are paying for.
Which course should I take first, this or the Copilot one?
The Copilot course if you are new to working in a repository, because it teaches the process as much as the tool. This one is the next step once branches, tests and pull requests are familiar.
Do I need a powerful laptop?
No. The work happens on the provider's servers; the editor itself is light. A modest machine is fine.
What will I have at the end of this course?
Three things: a small application built with the assistant, reviewed by you, a saved set of prompts you wrote and tested on your own work, and a Way2Fresher certificate naming the course. Anysphere also publishes its own learning material for the tools it makes, and the rail on this course page links to it.
Is the course really free?
Yes. Every lesson, practice task and project brief on this page is free to read, and no card is required. A free account only saves your progress and unlocks the certificate.
Do I need coding experience?
No. This course is written for intermediate learners and every lesson starts from the tool itself. If you can use a browser and a file, you can start lesson one today.
How long will it take?
About 5 weeks. The course holds 15 lessons, each built around one practice task, so the calendar depends on how many sessions you can keep each week.
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