# Beginner Tutorial Available?

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/beginner-tutorial-available/15019>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 5, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/beginner-tutorial-available/15019 "2024-09-05T07:09:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![rahulio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/rahulio/32/4119_2.png) [@rahulio](https://forum.cursor.com/u/rahulio)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/beginner-tutorial-available/15019/1 "2024-09-05T07:09:36Z")

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Is there somewhere to get a beginner “walk-through” tutorial, suitable for someone who has not done a lot of coding int he last 10 years?

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**Author:** ![litecode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/litecode/32/2966_2.png) [@litecode](https://forum.cursor.com/u/litecode)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/beginner-tutorial-available/15019/2 "2024-09-05T12:10:47Z")

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Hi @rahulio ,

Here is an introductory post that might assist:

> [@Understanding Cursor's AI feature](https://forum.cursor.com/t/understanding-cursors-ai-feature/7204/2):
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> Hi @commander , In response to your questions - yes and yes. Below is some more detail. Cursor is a fork of VS Code. VS Code is a Code Editor by Microsoft: [https://code.visualstudio.com/](https://code.visualstudio.com/) The company who created Cursor are Anysphere: [https://anysphere.inc/](https://anysphere.inc/) Anysphere received some funding from OpenAI, the company behind Chat GPT: [https://anysphere.inc/blog/openai-fund](https://anysphere.inc/blog/openai-fund) Update - they recently raised some more funds: [https://www.cursor.com/blog/series-a](https://www.cursor.com/blog/series-a) Cursor’s official Features page is…

And here is a video that provides a good overview of Cursor’s main features:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/2X/6/69eaa86df3cc2b09c8a452ad4b99e8f3f5bc53c1.jpeg "Get Started with Cursor - The AI Code Editor") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqkZ-ybl3lg)

The Cursor Docs site is here:

[https://docs.cursor.com](https://docs.cursor.com)

and is also on GitHub:

[https://github.com/getcursor/docs](https://github.com/getcursor/docs)

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/beginner-tutorial-available/15019/5 "2026-06-18T10:15:32Z")

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Closed on June 18, 2026, 10:15am UTC