Who this course is for

Total beginners — no coding or computer experience required
Ages 12–17 (boys' and girls' classes) and adults (men's and women's classes)
Anyone who wants to understand how software is really made in the AI era

Prerequisite: None — this is the front door of the program.

By the end, students walk away with

A personal website LIVE on the internet with a link to share
A working interactive app (quiz game or gematria calculator) they built themselves
The ability to read basic HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Professional AI-prompting habits — directing, iterating, verifying

Week-by-week syllabus

my-first-page.html

Shalom, I'm Dovid! ⚡

I made this page with AI — today.

Week 1

How software gets made today

Prompt Claude and watch your first real webpage appear in the browser.

how-it-works

📄 → 🌐 → 🖥️

your file → the internet → any browser

‹ / › view the code

Week 2

How the web actually works

Files, browsers and servers — and your first hand-edits to real code.

styles.css

Pink vibe 🌸

Cool blue 🌊

Neon dark ⚡

same page — three looks you designed

Week 3

Making it look good

Colors, fonts and layout; learn to describe design to AI precisely.

my-site/about.html

HomeAboutPhotosContact

📷🏀🎸

Week 4

Multi-page sites

Grow one page into a real 3-page site with links, images and a nav bar.

button-magic.html

CLICK ME 👆

Clicks: 7

the page is ALIVE — you coded that

Week 5

What code IS

First JavaScript: buttons, clicks, and pages that actually DO something.

bug-hunt.html

function greet(name) {
alert("Shalom " + nmae) 🐛 found it!
}

✓ FIXED — by me, not the AI

Week 6

Reading code with AI

Claude explains code line-by-line; you find and fix planted bugs yourself.

gematria-quiz.html

What is the gematria of חי?

2618 ✓36

Score: 4/5 — your own quiz game

Week 7

Your first real app

Build a full interactive app: a quiz game or a gematria calculator.

dovid-builds.pages.dev 🔒

🎉🌐🎉

YOUR SITE IS LIVE

a real link — open it on Abba's phone

Demo Day 🎓 + certificate

Week 8

Going live + Demo Day 🎓

Publish to the real internet and present — leave with a live link and a certificate.

A typical 55-minute class

Welcome & review (5 min)Take-home builds shown, wins celebrated.
Live demo (10–15 min)The instructor builds the week's concept live — mistakes and all.
Guided build (25–30 min)Every student builds it themselves, instructor circulating one-on-one.
Share & wrap (10 min)Screens up, quick standup, and the week's take-home build assigned.

What's included

8 weekly in-person classes (55 min)
Option to add AI Studio practice membership ($100/mo — enrolled students only)
Course materials
Demo Day + certificate of completion

Requirements

Bring your own laptop — Windows or Mac, 8 GB RAM minimum (16 GB recommended)
AI tools (e.g., Claude subscription) billed to the student — we can set them up
Free WiFi at the studio; a personal hotspot is recommended as backup
We strongly recommend a kosher filter (e.g. TAG) installed on the laptop before the first class

Good to know: separate classes for boys 12–17, girls 12–17, adult men, and adult women. The only fee beyond tuition is the $99 annual fee (onboarding assessment, your @geulahlabs.com email, first month of Claude included). All sales are final — see the terms. Closed on Shabbos & Yom Tov.

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