Students learn to build, extend, and deploy modern web applications using Claude Code, an AI coding agent that reads, writes, and manages code through natural language, with no prior programming experience required.
This hands-on online bootcamp introduces high school students to AI-powered coding using Claude Code, an AI assistant that operates directly in the terminal. Students will learn to leverage AI for various coding tasks, including project planning, collaborating with AI coding agents, and confidently debugging, refactoring, and building features across real codebases. The curriculum emphasizes writing clear prompts to achieve desired results, debugging broken code with AI assistance, and developing projects across multiple files. The course also covers setting up safety checkpoints to maintain control over AI actions. Through guided demos and practical exercises, students will gain skills in understanding agentic coding tools, launching Claude Code, managing project context with CLAUDE.md files, and utilizing AI for debugging, refactoring, and feature development. The program aims to equip students with practical development skills through a structured project sequence, culminating in a completed application that demonstrates real-world workflow proficiency.
A typical half-day includes a review of the previous day's material and current goals, followed by an interactive micro-lecture with short exercises, and then guided hands-on practice where students apply new concepts.
This program is ideal for high school students who want to learn hands-on AI coding with Anthropic's Claude and gain a head start in university-level coding courses.
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