Development Automation with Claude Code — From Consoles to GUIs, 3D, and Web Applications

This course covers the process of automatically developing a program from start to finish using Anthropic’s coding agent, Claude Code. It consists of 10 lessons totaling approximately 5 hours and 47 minutes, and is a hands-on course focused on following the instructor’s process on screen as they enter prompts, review the results, and request revisions. This is the advanced course in the “Programming with Claude” series. The beginner course covers learning programming with Claude, while the intermediate course focuses on creating executable programs. In this advanced course, rather than simply copying and pasting code, you entrust the entire development process to Claude Code and have the developer review the results at the end. The course begins with a C# console program and covers how to specify the .NET Framework version as well as the Visual Studio solution-project structure. It then switches between languages and development environments, covering C++ ASCII art, JavaScript physics-effect animations, and GUI programs in C# and Java 17. It also includes a process for requesting comments in the generated code to understand how it works. From the middle of the course onward, larger programs are improved step by step. A world clock program created from a sketch of the screen layout is enhanced with a time zone settings window and configuration file storage. An image-processing program is gradually given Gaussian blur, HSV adjustment, binarization, grayscale conversion, and resizing features. The course also covers explaining a performance issue in which the sliders respond slowly and requesting improvements. Finally, you will create a program that renders 3D objects using DirectX 11, a web server based on the C++ Win32 API, and a bulletin board application that connects React, Vite, a Node.js backend, and MariaDB. To follow along with the exercises, you need a paid Claude plan (Pro or higher) and a Windows development environment. Depending on the lesson, you will use .NET Framework 4.6.1 and Visual Studio 2022, Java 17 and Eclipse, Node.js, and MariaDB. Although you will not write the code yourself, it is recommended that you have a basic understanding of programming so you can review the results generated by the AI.