Changelog

What's new

This course keeps growing. Everything below is included for anyone who has bought it. Last updated August 3, 2026.

Improved

Parts 3 and 4 have swapped places

  • ● Part 3 is now the local coding environment: VS Code, Git, and setting up Codex or Claude Code. It comes before architecture because that is the workspace the rest of the course builds in.
  • ● Part 4 is now architecture — and it builds your planned app with Codex or Claude Code in your own editor rather than in Google AI Studio. AI Studio remains the right tool for Part 1 and quick prototypes; a planned app with several screens, roles, and saved data goes better in a tool that reads your whole project before it changes anything.
  • ● If you were part-way through, nothing is lost: your completed lessons follow the content to its new part number automatically.
New

The whole course is open — Parts 4, 5 and 6 are live

  • ● Parts 4, 5 and 6 are released. Every paid part is now available immediately, at every price — no more waiting for a reveal date.
  • ● Part 4: local coding environment and AI coding tools, now taught with a safe workflow — a checkpoint before you start, a branch to work on, a preview before anything goes live, and a way back at every stage.
  • ● Part 5: API keys, environment variables and security, expanded with the piece that matters most — which part of your app is allowed to read a secret, and how to brief an AI assistant to connect a service without exposing your key.
  • ● Part 6: testing, debugging and deployment confidence.
  • ● Pricing moves to US dollars: $99 through August 31, $129 from September 1. Everyone who has already bought keeps full access to everything, including every part added later.
Improved

Part 1 updated for the current AI Studio, plus a troubleshooting page

  • ● Updated the steps for getting your code onto GitHub: AI Studio now calls it "Sync to GitHub", in the menu beside the Publish button.
  • ● New module: Troubleshooting and FAQ. Failed builds, blank pages, repositories Vercel cannot see, changes that do not appear live — each with the cause and the fix.
  • ● Clearer guidance on AI features and cost. Apps that call AI while students use them need a paid key of your own once they are live; everything else in Part 1 needs no key and no card. This is now flagged before you build, not after you deploy.
  • ● Answered the question the tools now raise for themselves: why we deploy to Vercel rather than using Google’s own hosting.
New

Part 3 now ends with a built app — and your access follows you

  • ● New module: Build your planned app. You build the same idea twice — once from a one-sentence description, once from your brief — then compare the results and deploy the better one.
  • ● Part 3 now finishes with a certificate covering Parts 1 to 3.
  • ● Accounts added. Sign in with the email you bought with and your access works on any device, even if cookies get cleared.
  • ● The course is now published as a growing product: one payment covers every part added later, and the roadmap shows what is coming and when.
Improved

Guides, navigation, and a full content pass

  • ● Added the standalone guides section: a step-by-step domain setup walkthrough and a plain-English glossary of every tool the course mentions — both free to everyone.
  • ● Reworked site navigation and the footer so the free material is easier to find.
  • ● Full editorial pass across every part, tightening wording and fixing inconsistencies.
Improved

Later parts drafted

  • ● Drafted the material on API keys, environment variables and security, and on testing, debugging and deployment confidence. Both are being finalised for release — see the roadmap for dates.
New

Architecture for vibe-coded apps

  • ● Published the architecture part: turning user stories into a plain-English brief covering screens, roles, data, outputs and flow.
  • ● Added a vocabulary of the component types a teaching tool might need, including AI components, each with a plain-English gloss.
  • ● Added checkout so the paid parts could be purchased.
New

Plan better apps with user stories

  • ● Published the user stories part: a four-stage guided conversation that turns a rough idea into a brief an AI can build from.
  • ● Added the fresh-eyes test — paste your brief into a brand-new chat and see whether it stands on its own.
  • ● Broke the material into shorter modules after early readers said the first version was too dense.
New

Part 1 published, free forever

  • ● Published Part 1: build and deploy a working teaching app from a plain-English description, in one session.
  • ● Added completion certificates, delivered as a PDF by email.
  • ● Published the terms of use and privacy policy.

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