Claude Code Beginner to Pro: Agentic Coding for Developers

This comprehensive guide on Claude Code offers developers an immersive transition into the future of agentic programming. Led by Tom Phillips, the course provides a practical, hands-on deep dive into Anthropic's revolutionary terminal-based tool. Students will learn how to leverage Claude Code not just as a basic autocomplete assistant, but as an active, agentic co-developer capable of building production-grade applications from scratch. The curriculum focuses on building a full-stack Next.js web application called LiftingDiary, integrating modern technologies like Clerk for authentication, Neon Postgres databases, Drizzle ORM, and highly polished UI elements via shadcn/ui. Beyond simple code generation, you will master advanced system integrations, including setting up the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to seed and interact with databases directly from your terminal. The course places heavy emphasis on developer workflow customization, demonstrating how to enforce strict architectural styles through custom system instructions, configure bespoke slash commands, and build automated agentic loops. Whether you are looking to accelerate your personal startup MVPs or optimize team-wide software engineering workflows, this course equips you with the mental models and technical setups needed to master terminal-based AI agents.