Ship Your First App

Learn web development by building real apps with AI, using your AI coding agent as your personal tutor!

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Get Started with Claude Code

Once you've installed Claude Code and signed up for a plan, give it this prompt:

I'm starting the "Ship Your First App" course. Fetch the following URL and follow the instructions: https://wasp-lang.github.io/ship-your-first-app/llms.txt

That's it! Your agent will guide you through getting your new app set up, and teach you everything you need to know.

This course was tested and works with Claude Code but is designed to work with most popular coding agents: Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Open Code, etc.

Tips

Lessons

Phase 1: Learn the Basics of Web Apps

Setup — Environment & tools Available
Module 0 — Your First Web App Available
Module 1 — Data & The Database Coming Soon
Module 2 — Making It Look Good Coming Soon
Module 3 — How It All Connects Coming Soon

Phase 2: Build Your Own App From Scratch Coming Soon

Phase 3: Build a SaaS Business Coming Soon

Getting Started (Manual)

  1. Run the setup script

    Checks your system and installs everything you need:

    curl -fsSL https://wasp-lang.github.io/ship-your-first-app/utils/setup.sh | bash
  2. Create your app wasp new my-app && cd my-app
  3. Start the course

    Open your AI coding agent in the project folder and tell it to fetch the course instructions:

    https://wasp-lang.github.io/ship-your-first-app/llms.txt