Who this course is for

Graduates of GL-301 App Builder
The final course of the program — the capstone of the whole path

Prerequisite: GL-301 App Builder.

By the end, students walk away with

A complete full-stack product: backend, database, and secure user accounts
An AI feature inside their own app, powered by the Claude API
A real deployment: live URL, proper hosting, secrets handled safely
A launch: presented publicly, used by real people — plus the freelancing & parnassah talk

Week-by-week syllabus

how-products-work

🖥 frontend⇄⚙️ server⇄🗄 database

the map of every real product — including ours

Week 1

How real products work

Tour a real production app: frontend, backend, database.

terminal — node server.js

$ node server.js
▸ Server listening on :3000
GET /api/hello → 200 ✓
your first backend. YOURS.

Week 2

Your first backend

Run your own server and build your first API endpoints.

terminal — database

$ restart server…
▸ 47 records loaded 🗄
still there. THAT's a database.

Week 3

Databases

Data that survives restarts: create, read, update, delete.

myapp.com/login

passwords hashed — done RIGHT

Week 4

Users & logins

Accounts and passwords done right — hashing and real security habits.

my-app + Claude API

Summarize my week

🤖 Your app: 3 mitzvos logged, streak intact…

AI inside your own product

Week 5

Building WITH AI

Call the Claude API from your own code: an AI feature inside your app.

🔒 my-app.pages.dev

🌍

Deployed. For real.

env vars ✓ secrets safe ✓ LIVE

Week 6

Deploying like a pro

Real hosting, domains, environment variables, keeping secrets safe.

capstone-spec.md

🎯 The Final Product

M1 · scary piece works
M2 · every feature in
M3 · real users + launch

scope locked

Week 7

Capstone spec

Scope the final product and commit to a 3-milestone plan.

sprint-board

To do

Doing

AI feature

Done

database ✓

deploy ✓

milestone 1: the core WORKS

Week 8

Build sprint 1

The riskiest piece works end to end.

real-users.html

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I actually use this every day" — Ima

🐛 found by a classmate → fixed in 10 min

launch rehearsed ✓

Week 9

Build sprint 2

Features complete, tested by real users, launch rehearsed.

LAUNCH DAY

🚀🎉

Your product. Live. Launched.

audience using YOUR app on their phones

Graduation 🎓 + the parnassah talk

Week 10

Launch Day 🚀

Deploy, present, share real links — graduation + the parnassah talk.

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

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

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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