# AI Coding Bootcamp with Claude Code (Self-Paced)

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## Overview

This self-paced course teaches you how to build real web applications with Claude Code while developing a strong foundation in modern development workflows, no prior coding experience needed. You progress through practical lessons on prompting, planning, coding, debugging, design, security, and deployment as you build projects section by section.

The course centers on an evolving app-building sequence that begins with project scaffolding and grows into a full-stack notes application with authentication, database integration, API features, design improvements, and deployment. By the end of the course, you'll have completed a polished project you can share as part of a portfolio or use as a foundation for future development work.

## What you'll learn

- Use Claude Code as a practical coding assistant for planning, editing, debugging, and shipping apps
- Build confidence with Git, GitHub, and collaborative development workflows
- Understand the structure of modern web apps across frontend, backend, APIs, and deployment
- Create full-stack projects with Next.js, Supabase, authentication, and third-party APIs
- Improve app quality with responsive design, accessibility, testing, and security practices
- Deploy a finished application with environment variables, a custom domain, and launch-ready polish

## Curriculum

#### Section 1: Welcome & Orientation

- Get set up and ready to build
- Welcome to the Course
- What is Vibe Coding?
- Course Structure & Overview
- What You'll Build
- How Claude Code Works
- What is Claude Code?
- Chat vs. Code Mode
- Installing Claude Code
- Desktop App Tour
- Bonus: Using Claude Code in VS Code

#### Section 2: Git, GitHub & Claude Code Tools

- Version control, the terminal, and core Claude Code settings
- Git & GitHub
- The Terminal & How Claude Uses It
- CLAUDE.md
- Permission Modes
- Your First Interaction with Claude Code
- Lab: Hello Claude Code

#### Section 3: Prompting & Steering

- Learn to direct Claude Code with precision and confidence
- Steering & Diff Review
- Prompt Engineering
- Outcomes vs. Implementations
- Explore / Plan / Execute / Review
- Context Setting
- Context Management

#### Section 4: Scaffold Your First Project

- Put your prompting skills to work and build something real
- Scaffolding
- Lab: Scaffold & Extend

#### Section 5: How the Web Works

- The foundations every web developer needs to understand
- The Web Dev Stack
- URLs, DNS & HTTP
- HTML & CSS Basics
- JavaScript Fundamentals
- Frontend, Backend & APIs
- Dev vs. Production

#### Section 6: Build, Edit & Debug

- Build features, fix bugs, and write tests with Claude
- Edits to Features
- Building Features
- Debugging
- Testing
- Lab: Build, Edit & Debug

#### Section 7: App Architecture

- Understand how modern web apps are structured
- Libraries, Packages & npm
- App Architectures
- Next.js Anatomy
- Prompt Comparison
- Plan Mode
- Recovery: When to Steer vs. Restart

#### Section 8: Business Landing Page

- Build a professional landing page from scratch
- Lab: Business Landing Page

#### Section 9: Advanced Claude Code & Collaboration

- Power-user workflows and working with teams
- Multi-File Workflows
- Skills & Slash Commands
- Project Planning with Claude Code
- Parallel Sessions with Claude Code
- Hooks & Subagents
- MCP
- CLAUDE.md with Teams

#### Section 10: Git Workflow

- Advanced Git and collaboration in practice
- Git & GitHub: Advanced
- Pull Requests & Code Reviews with Claude Code
- Lab: Git Workflow

#### Section 11: Data, Databases & Authentication

- Store data, manage users, and handle forms
- Why Your App Needs a Database
- Database Schemas, Tables & Rows
- Connecting to Supabase: Step by Step
- Environment Variables & .env Files
- Forms & User Input
- User Authentication

#### Section 12: Notes App

- Build a full-stack app with login and persistent data
- Lab: Notes App

#### Section 13: APIs, OAuth & Forms

- Connect to the outside world and handle user data
- OAuth
- Working with External APIs
- Getting & Managing API Keys
- The API Marketplace
- Caching

#### Section 14: Extend the Notes App

- Add OAuth, a weather API, and a shared cache
- Lab: Extend the Notes App

#### Section 15: Design & UX

- Make your app look and feel like a real product
- UX/UI Fundamentals & Design Inspiration
- Components & Design Systems
- Responsive Design with Tailwind CSS
- Accessibility: Building for Everyone
- Screenshots with Claude Code
- Essential UI States & Browser DevTools

#### Section 16: Design Makeover

- Apply design and UX improvements to the notes app
- Lab: Design Makeover

#### Section 17: Security

- Protect your app and your users
- Six Attacks Every Developer Should Know
- Input Validation
- Rate Limiting
- Data Privacy
- Security Terms Every Builder Must Know

#### Section 18: Security Hardening

- Audit and harden the notes app against common vulnerabilities
- Lab: Security Hardening

#### Section 19: Deployment

- Take your app from localhost to the live web
- How to Deploy: From Code to Live URL
- Domains & DNS
- SEO & Performance
- Pre-Launch Checklist

#### Section 20: Launch Day

- Deploy and ship the notes/weather app to the live web
- Lab: Launch Day
- Your Learning Path Forward

## Schedule
- Jan 13, 2027 12:00am–12:00am — Live Online

## FAQ

### Who is the target audience for this course?

This self-paced course is ideal for independent learners who want to move into development or use AI to build tools, apps, and automations for real workplace needs. No prior coding experience needed.

### Is this course open to beginners?

Yes, this course is open to beginners. Students must be comfortable using a computer. No other prior knowledge is required.

### Do you offer payment plans or student financing for this course?

This course does not qualify for payment plans or student financing. See our Payment Plan FAQ to find related programs that qualify.

### What is the cancellation and refund policy for this single course?

For this course, you are entitled to a 90% refund (your payment less the nonrefundable 10% registration fee) within 30 days of purchase if you have not accessed the course materials.

### What’s included with my tuition?

A hands-on learning experience working on projects and exercises, which is proven to boost comprehension, retention, and engagement Expert instructors who are industry professionals and experienced educators that are driven to help you succeed Expert support with answers to your questions from real instructors throughout your learning journey Top-notch curricula that have been tried and tested over many years and are consistently improved for an optimal learning experience 30-day access to class recordings to review material at your own pace A certificate of completion to verify your accomplishment

### Are there any additional fees or expenses?

There are no extra fees or taxes for our courses. The price you see on this page is the maximum you’ll pay us. However, you may need to obtain required software. We’ll help you get set up with a free trial of paid software prior to the class. Most of our coding classes utilize freely-available open-source software. For most of our design and motion graphics courses, we will help you get set up with a free trial of Adobe Creative Cloud. If you attend the course in-person, we will have a computer already set up for you with all of the required software for no additional cost.

### Do you offer any discounts for this course?

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## Pricing

**Tuition:** $2995