Claude Code is a powerful tool that lets you build real software using plain English prompts. In this guide, we'll walk through setting up your development environment, writing your first prompts, and understanding the iterative workflow that makes Claude Code so effective.
The key to success with Claude Code is understanding that you're not just writing prompts — you're having a conversation with an AI that understands code. The more context you provide, the better the output.
Start with simple tasks and gradually increase complexity. By the end of your first session, you'll have a working application deployed to the web.
Get posts like this in your inbox
No spam. New articles on AI strategy, governance, and building with AI for small business.
Keep Reading
Tutorial: How to use Claude Code to automate your weekly reporting in one afternoon
You spend Friday afternoon compiling numbers from three systems into a report nobody reads until Monday. Here is how to automate the entire thing and get your Friday back.
How to set up CLAUDE.md for your project: a practical guide with real examples
CLAUDE.md is the file that tells Claude Code how to behave in your codebase. Here is exactly what to put in it, what to leave out, and why the decisions matter.
What happens when you give a CEO Claude Code for a week. Five patterns I see every time.
I have trained over a dozen executives to use Claude Code. The same five things happen every time, in roughly the same order. Here is the pattern.