Verso University: Vibe Coding: Build a Website Using AI

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Course Details Dates: Thursday, October 1, 8, 15, & 22 Time: 6:30-8 pm Location: Room 210 This course teaches adults with some programming familiarity how to build a real, professional-looking website using Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant. Students work through a curated project idea of their choosing across four 90-minute sessions, progressing from a browser-based prototype all the way to a fully functional local website — with the option to deploy it live on the internet in the final session. Each session opens with a short conceptual segment to build understanding of the technology, followed by hands-on building time. Students leave every session with tangible results. Course Prerequisites Mandatory Entrance Quiz — Must be completed for acceptance into class. DO NOT register for class until you have received permission to enroll. Please contact Joanne Connon at jconnon@westportlibrary.org and request a Mac or Windows version of the test prior to registration. Laptop requirements: Mac: Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4) strongly preferred, or an Intel Mac from 2019 or newer. macOS 13 Ventura or later Windows: Windows 10 64-bit or Windows 11, processor from 2019 or newer Memory: 8GB minimum, 16GB recommended Free disk space: 15GB Reliable Wi-Fi and a charger. Sessions are 90 minutes and this work drains a battery fast Required software: Claude.ai account Claude Desktop Claude Code WebStorm Node.js (install guide provided) Class API keys Google Maps and Resend keys provided — the instructor will demonstrate how to obtain your own. About the Instructor Kyle Pause has spent more than 30 years building software and leading the people who build it. He started as a hands-on engineer writing C++ and has since led large, globally distributed research, development, and cloud operations teams at companies including Aprisma, CA Technologies, Pitney Bowes, and Precisely. He holds a B.S. in Computational Mathematics from the Rochester Institute of…

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