Hello, Internet
The premise of this course, stated out loud: you can build and ship real things on the web today, and we will spend the rest of the semester understanding what you did.
Hour 1 — What is this course?
- Introductions, course structure, GradingGrading
See also: Syllabus · Lectures
Tech 1 Grading Plan
Assessment and Grading Breakdown
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1
Attendance and Class... - Why designers need to understand the stack — the difference between using AI tools and directing them
- A live demo: from a sentence to a deployed webpage in 15 minutes
- The map we'll fill in over 13 weeks: browser → network → server → database → cloud
Hour 2 — Ship something
- Exercise: Exercise - Ship a PageExercise - Ship a Page
Build and deploy a personal webpage — today, in class
You will use an AI tool to generate a personal webpage and put it on the real internet with a URL you can send to anyone.
Steps
Pick a to... — build and deploy a personal webpage using an AI tool, live in class - Everyone leaves with a URL that works on their phone
Homework
- Finish and polish your page if you didn't in class
- Bring the URL next week — we're going to dissect it