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FREE COURSE · 12 LESSONS · ABOUT 6 HOURS

Build your first web app with Claude Code. From an empty laptop to a live URL.

No coding background. No prior setup. You install the tools, learn how to work with Claude Code without losing your work, build a real app with a real database, and put it on the internet. Every step tells you what to type, what you should see, and what to do when you do not see it.

Free. Just your email. If you get stuck, there is a person to ask.

WHAT YOU GET
  • A working client tracker you built, running on your laptop and on the internet
  • Claude Code installed and set up the way a CTO would set it up
  • A database you can see into, back up, and reset
  • The habit that makes an AI deletion a thirty-second fix: a save point after every step
  • A pre-flight checklist before anything goes live

Works on Mac and Windows. Needs a Claude Pro or Max plan for Claude Code; Max 5x or higher once you are writing a lot of code. Everything else is free.

ROUND 01 — What you will build

A client tracker. Small enough to finish, real enough to matter.

A list of clients with a name, company, status and notes. Add one, edit one, delete one. Every change is saved in a real database and survives a restart. It is the shape of most business apps, and the shape of most first products.

Claude Code

The AI that writes the code. You talk to it in plain English.

Next.js

The framework the app is built in. It draws the screens and handles the clicks.

Postgres

The database. Where your app remembers things between visits.

Docker Compose

Runs that database on your laptop with one command, and throws it away just as easily.

Prisma

The translator between your app and the database.

Vercel

Where the app lives once it is on the internet.

ROUND 02 — Who this is for

People who will own the thing they build.

  • Founders and operators who want to build the first version themselves instead of paying for a guess.
  • People who hit the ceiling in Lovable or Bolt and want a tool that can build professional-grade software.
  • Anyone who has never opened a terminal. Lesson 1 assumes nothing.

You do not need to understand the code. You need to understand what you asked for, check that you got it, and be able to undo it when you did not. That is what this course teaches, alongside the app.

PART 01 — Get set up

Get set up

Install the tools and meet Claude Code.

01Before you start: what you are building and what the words meanWhat the app is, what each tool does in plain English, what you need on your laptop, and the three habits that keep a non-developer out of trouble.10 min02Install the tools: terminal, Node.js, Git, VS Code and Docker DesktopStep-by-step installs for Mac and Windows, with the exact command to prove each one worked. The longest lesson. Do it once.40 min03Install Claude Code and take your first look aroundInstall Claude Code on Mac or Windows, log in with your Claude subscription, and learn the five things on screen that matter.20 min
PART 02 — Learn to drive

Learn to drive

How to talk to Claude Code, and how to undo what it does.

04How to talk to Claude Code so you get what you meantBuild a throwaway web page to learn the six rules of prompting: be specific, plan first, one thing at a time, read the plan, say no, and ask why.30 min05Git is your undo button. Learn it before the AI deletes something.Turn the scratch project into a Git repository, take snapshots, break something on purpose, and go back. Then back it all up to GitHub.30 min
PART 03 — Build the app

Build the app

Next.js, a Postgres database in Docker, and Prisma to connect them.

06Create the Next.js app and see it running on your laptopGenerate the project with one command, run it, open it in your browser, learn the two-terminal setup, and make your first change with Claude Code.25 min07Build the first screen with fake dataPrompt Claude Code to build the client list, the add form, edit and delete, and status pills, all working in memory before any database exists.35 min08Run a Postgres database with Docker ComposeWrite one small file, run one command, and have a real Postgres database running on your laptop. Learn where the password lives and why it never goes in Git.30 min09Add Prisma and create the clients tableDescribe what a client is once, let Prisma turn it into a real table in your Postgres database, and look at your data in Prisma Studio.30 min10Connect the app to the databaseSwap the in-memory fake data for real reads and writes through Prisma, then prove it: add a client, see it in Prisma Studio, restart, and it is still there.40 min
PART 04 — Ship it

Ship it

Check it, then put it on the internet.

11Check it before you ship itThe pre-flight checklist a CTO runs before an app goes live: secrets out of Git, a security read-through, real tests, a production build, a README.30 min12Deploy it to the internet with Vercel and a hosted PostgresConnect GitHub to Vercel, add a hosted Postgres database, run the migration in the cloud, and open your app on your phone. Then what to build next.40 min

Finished the course? That is where the corner starts.

The course gets you to a deployed app. Red Corner keeps you there once real people show up: a CTO in chat, sessions on the things that break, and a call every month.

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