Phase 1: First Build
Goal: You build and ship one real thing. Every tool is introduced because the project demands it. You finish with a working project, a Git repo, and the confidence that you can do this.
What You Can DO After This Phase
Section titled “What You Can DO After This Phase”- Open a terminal and run commands without panic
- Use Claude Code to build a working project from a natural language description
- Save work with Git (
init,add,commit) - Read generated code well enough to spot obvious problems
- Deploy a project so other people can see it
- Explain what you built to a non-technical person
Sections
Section titled “Sections”| Section | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1.1 — Setting Up Your Workshop | Install Terminal, VS Code, Node.js, Git, Claude Code |
| 1.2 — Your First Conversation With AI | The big mental shift + 4 core prompting principles |
| 1.3 — Understanding What Came Back | File structure literacy, reading code like a document |
| 1.4 — Saving Your Work | Git basics: init, add, commit |
| 1.5 — Putting It Online | Local vs. remote, deploy path, live URL |
| 1.6 — Vocabulary | 12 terms every builder must know from Phase 1 |
Previous phase: Phase 0 — See the Matrix | Next phase: Phase 2 — Builder’s Toolkit