Claude Code 101

Claude Code / Codex 101

By the end of this workshop you’ll complete three shipped exercises:

01 : Static Website
Build, update, and deploy a live website.
Students learn how to create a clean web presence, maintain it over time, and publish changes confidently.
Examples:
- personal portfolio
- freelancer website
- small business website

02 : Web App
Turn a website into software with user input, backend logic, stored data, and public-data import.

You’ll learn how to build interactive web apps that collect information from forms, APIs, spreadsheets, or public websites—and organize it into a usable database.

Examples:
- signup funnel
- contact form
- lead capture page
- event registration form
- searchable directory
- local resource board

03 : A.I. Workflow Web App
Add LLM-powered workflows to a web app so the software can interpret, generate, and act on user input.
Students learn how to build apps where A.I. helps complete real tasks inside the product, not just chat in a box.
Examples:
- contact form that drafts a response
- intake form that summarizes requests
- lead form that qualifies and routes inquiries
- notes-to-email or transcript-to-action-items workflow

First you publish something, then you make it interactive, then you make it intelligent.

We’ll use a requirements-driven flow: define the job, define “done,” lock constraints—and land a deployment-ready web app you can actually use and share.

Cost: $100

What you need:

• A laptop
• Willingness to follow along and run commands (paint-by-number style)
• Optional: a real workflow/problem you want the app to handle (there will be time reserved to run your own projects!)

Schedule:

• 6pm - 7pm: We’ll get everyone running the software stack locally, and the required accounts set up and connected (anthropic, render, github) and get a static website up
• 7pm - 8pm: we'll do a few tight iterations of the loop (requirements → plan → build → run → improve) until you’ve shipped a deployment-ready baseline. We’ll repeat the same loop across all three exercises so you leave with a pattern you can reuse on your own projects.
• 8pm - 9pm : We'll continue the above and optionally apply the same template to your workflow/problem. I’ll help you adapt the app(s) to your “X” and get you pointed at a clean next step (and optionally deploy if you’re not already live).

Location
McCully Library Meeting Area
2211 S King St, Honolulu, HI 9682