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

Canonical URL: <https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/ai-coding-bootcamp-with-claude-code-self-paced>

## Overview

This self-paced course teaches students how to build and ship modern web applications with Claude Code through a structured sequence of lessons and labs. Students develop practical coding and project-building skills while learning how to direct AI effectively, work with modern development tools, and move through the stages of planning, building, refining, and deployment.

As students progress, they complete a connected set of projects that culminates in a polished final application. The learning path moves from scaffolding and web fundamentals to full-stack development, authentication, external APIs, design improvement, security hardening, and live deployment, giving students a practical framework they can continue using after the course ends.

## What you'll learn

- Use Claude Code to support planning, coding, debugging, and multi-step software tasks
- Practice prompt engineering techniques that improve direction, clarity, and recovery during development
- Build familiarity with Git, GitHub, and collaborative coding workflows
- Understand core web development concepts and modern application structure
- Create a full-stack project using Next.js, Supabase, authentication, APIs, and responsive design
- Strengthen application quality through testing, security practices, and deployment workflows

## 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

## Instructors

### Steve Pesklo — Instructor

Steve is an energetic trainer who focuses on applying technical concepts to everyday work practices. He is the founder and president of SoftLake Solutions, a company that specializes in providing data and AI applications to identify fraud for Internal Audit, Criminal Investigations, Forensic Accounting, Privacy, and Compliance.

Steve brings a large amount of experience across multiple industries and government agencies. He is an expert in implementing large data analysis projects across the world, including Inland Revenue in the UK and Argentina, New Zealand, Africa and across Europe. Previously, he was the manager of Data Architecture and Data Services for a large mortgage company. He is a frequent speaker on data analytics and project management topics and speaks fluent German. He has been teaching at the Graduate School for over 10 years.

Steve has an M.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas and a B.S. in Computer Science from California Lutheran University and the Universität Salzburg in Austria. He is certified as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Project Management Professional (PMP), and a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM).

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $2995