Semester 1

Your Development Machine

You start with a plain Windows computer and end with a real development machine -- a Linux system inside Windows, your tools installed, Claude Code ready, your code on GitHub, and Microsoft Teams set up for the live classes.

Class 1

What you are setting up, and why

The whole toolchain you will build, from editor to cloud.

Class 2

Setting up WSL-2 and Ubuntu

Running a real Linux system inside Windows, and finding your way around it.

Class 3

Installing Antigravity and Claude Code

Setting up the AI code editor and your AI building partner.

Class 4

Installing your tools

Git, a language or two, and the build basics.

Class 5

Creating a GitHub account and your first repository

Somewhere online to keep and share your code.

Class 6

Git basics: commit, push, pull

Saving your work and sending it to GitHub.

Class 7

Connecting GitHub securely

Letting your machine talk to GitHub safely.

Class 8

Setting up Microsoft Teams for the live classes

Getting into the room where the classes happen.

Class 9

Semester 1 review: a working dev machine

Checking the whole machine is ready to build.