Module 3: Introduction to Claude Code
Hands-on

Module 3 Exercises — Build a link-in-bio page, debug practice


You're past chat now — this is about driving the machine. The quick skill checks confirm the commands stuck; the real-work challenges are where you actually start building with Claude Code.

Quick skill checks

One right answer each — paste Claude's output and grade yourself instantly.

SetupAuto-graded

Install Claude Code

What's the npm command that installs Claude Code globally on your machine? Type the full command.

The core loopAuto-graded

Start a session

You've navigated into your project folder in the terminal. What single word do you type to start Claude Code?

Terminal essentialsAuto-graded

Where am I?

You're lost in the terminal and need to know which folder you're currently in. Which command prints your current location?

Take it to your real work

No single right answer — this is where the value is. Use your own material.

Describe → build → refineSelf-check

Build a real tool in your first session

Make a project folder, run claude, and ask it to build a single self-contained tool — for example: "Build a one-page tip-calculator.html I can open in my browser: a bill amount, a tip % selector, and the total per person." Open the file in your browser, then ask for two refinements.

Win: The page works in your browser, and you improved it with follow-up requests — without writing a line of code yourself.

Reading, not just writingSelf-check

Have Claude explain your own machine

Point Claude Code at a folder you already have (Documents, a project, anything) and ask: "What's in this folder? Explain what each file and subfolder is for, in plain English." Then ask one follow-up about anything it surfaced.

Win: Claude gave you an accurate map of a folder you hadn't fully understood, and answered a follow-up about it.