Vibe Coding with Claude Code: A Non-Programmer's Guide to Building Software with AI

Description

You have an idea for an app. You don't know how to code. That gap is smaller than you think. Vibe Coding with Claude Code is a practical guide for non-programmers who want to build real software — not someday, but now. It teaches you how to work with Claude Code, an AI coding assistant that runs on your computer and can read, write, and run your files. You describe what you want. It builds it. You review, refine, and iterate. No programming experience required. No mathematics. If you can use a word processor, you can follow this book. By the time you finish, you will have built a working personal expense tracker — a web application that records your spending, categorises it, and pulls in live currency exchange rates from the internet. Not a tutorial project you throw away. Something real, deployable, and genuinely useful. Along the way, you will learn: How to give clear, effective instructions to an AI coding assistant How to use git to save and protect your work How APIs work and how to connect your app to live data from the internet How to read the code Claude Code produces — enough to catch mistakes and give better direction How to debug when things go wrong, and how to get unstuck quickly How to publish your finished project online for free The book is written by a programmer who spent years teaching others how to code. Every concept is explained from first principles. Nothing is assumed. The goal is not to turn you into a developer — it is to give you enough understanding to build the things you want to build, starting today.