# AI Coding Fundamentals Course (Self-Paced)

Hands-on AI-assisted coding with Claude Code, from first prompt to live deployment.

Canonical URL: <https://www.nobledesktop.com/classes/ai-coding-fundamentals>

## Overview

This project-based course shows you how to build and deploy genuine web applications with Claude Code, starting from no coding experience. You'll learn to direct AI effectively while developing practical skills in prompting, version control, web development, app architecture, debugging, and deployment.

The training progresses through connected projects that culminate in a polished final application. You'll set up your first project, build a business landing page, and develop a full-stack notes app with authentication and database integration — then add API-powered features, refine design and accessibility, strengthen security, and launch the finished app live.

## What you'll learn

- Use Claude Code with confidence for real development tasks and multi-step coding workflows
- Prompt and guide AI effectively through context setting, Plan Mode, review, and recovery
- Handle version control with Git and GitHub, including branching, pull requests, and code review
- Grasp the fundamentals of modern web development, from HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to APIs
- Create full-stack applications powered by Next.js, databases, authentication, and external APIs
- Test, debug, secure, and launch production-ready applications to the live web

## 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

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $2995