AI Coding Tools Compared: Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot & Beyond

A hands-on bake-off of leading AI coding assistants — capabilities, workflows, costs, and when to use each

Course Format and Delivery

Delivery Method: LiveOnline
Schedule: 3 hours

All sessions are delivered live by an expert instructor in a fully interactive online environment.

*20% off for group bookings when booking 3 or more attendees from the same organization on the same course dates in the same transaction.

About this course

With 92% of US developers using AI coding tools daily and the market fragmenting across Claude Code, Cursor ($2B ARR), GitHub Copilot, and Windsurf, teams face a real selection challenge. Claude Code overtook Copilot as the most-used tool in 2026; Cursor Composer 2.5 shipped May 18 with Opus 4.7/GPT-5.5 performance at $0.50/$2.50 per million tokens; Copilot moves to AI Credits flex billing June 1; and Windsurf 2.0 added Devin Cloud and an adaptive model router at $20/mo.

This workshop gives every participant hands-on time with each tool on identical coding tasks, then compares results across quality, speed, cost, and workflow fit using a structured scoring rubric.

What you will need

Participants should be comfortable writing code in at least one language (Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Java recommended). Each tool is evaluated on code generation, multi-file refactoring, test writing, bug diagnosis, and code review. Includes a take-home comparison matrix.

This course is great for

For developers, team leads, and engineering managers evaluating AI coding tools.

Brent Laster

Facilitator

Brent Laster is a global trainer, author, speaker, and founder/president of Tech Skills Transformations LLC. He helps enterprise teams adopt modern software practices in AI engineering, AI-assisted development, DevOps, automation, and secure software delivery. He is the author of Learning GitHub Copilot, Learning GitHub Actions, Professional Git, and Jenkins 2: Up and Running, as well as multiple online and live training programs for companies such as O'Reilly. In addition to AI expertise, Brent brings more than 25 years of experience in software development, management and technical leadership, DevOps, release engineering, and open-source technologies. He regularly presents and conducts workshops at industry conferences and for private clients.