DeepLearning.AI
Andrew Ng walks complete non-programmers through describing an app idea in plain language and having AI build a working browser-based web app, then customizing it and reusing the approach on other projects such as a ping pong game. The gentlest on-ramp to vibe coding for anyone who has never written code.
Aspiring builders, career switchers and working developers. This is a beginner-level course in Coding with AI, running about ~1 hour (5 video lessons).
Free to audit. Auditing (videos and community forum) is free; graded assignments and the certificate require DeepLearning.AI Pro ($25/month billed annually or $30/month billed monthly). Price seen 2026-11-01.
Moves from vibe coding to disciplined agentic coding with Claude Code, covering specs, test-driven development and context engineering, and ends with building a Tic-Tac-Toe game in Node.js. For beginners who learn best with interactive lessons and want a certificate; Codecademy suggests its Learn Prompt Engineering course first.
Shows how agentic coding tools break down complex apps across multiple files, with hands-on work in Windsurf debugging and refactoring JavaScript, updating a large legacy codebase, and building a Wikipedia data analysis app. For developers with basic coding and prompting skills who want to see how an AI IDE agent uses tools and context.
Anthropic's own introduction to Claude Code, from installation and a first prompt through the explore-plan-code-commit workflow, context management, code review, and customizing with CLAUDE.md, subagents, skills, MCP and hooks. Start here if you are new to AI coding agents (or new to software engineering) and want the vendor's recommended daily workflow before moving on to Claude Code in Action.