Getting Started

Everything you need to start learning in about 5 minutes.

Requirements

Before you begin, make sure you have:

This course is tool-agnostic. While examples may reference specific AI tools, the concepts work everywhere.

Download the course folder and extract it to your computer.

Launch whichever AI coding assistant you prefer. Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor -- they all work.

Each lesson builds on the previous one, but you can stop and resume anytime. No rush.

The course is organized into two modules with 10 lessons total:

Lesson	Topic	What You'll Learn
Module 1: The Fundamentals You Actually Need
1.1	Introduction	Who this is for, what we're building, the just enough philosophy
1.2	How the Web Works	HTML, CSS, JS in plain English, what a browser actually does
1.3	File Structures	Why AI projects turn into spaghetti and how to prevent it
1.4	Reading Error Messages	Anatomy of an error, stack traces, debugging real scenarios
1.5	APIs & Data Flow	What APIs are, requests and responses, why your app keeps breaking
1.6	Git Basics	Why you keep losing work, version control, the save points model
Module 2: Vibe Coding Best Practices
2.1	Prompting for Code	How code prompts differ from writing prompts
2.2	When to Accept vs Push Back	Code smells even non-devs can spot
2.3	Project Structure	How to keep AI from creating spaghetti
2.4	The Debug Loop	Read error, give to AI, understand the fix

Take your time. The course is designed for a few hours total, but there's no rush. Do it at your own pace.

Follow along actively -- Don't just read; try the examples and exercises
Ask your AI -- If something's unclear, paste the concept into your AI tool and ask it to explain
Take breaks -- You can stop and resume anytime
Apply to your projects -- Think about how each concept applies to what you're building

Head to Module 1 and start with the introduction.