Build with Claude Code: From zero to deployed apps with AI-assisted development

Turn ideas into working software with Claude Code. Build and deploy real apps while learning prompting, APIs, AI agents, MCP, Skills, plugins, and the practices that make AI-assisted development work.

Key FeaturesBuild nine hands-on projects, progressing from simple web apps to AI-powered, database-connected applicationsTurn prompts into repeatable workflows with CLAUDE.md, commands, agents, and MCPGo beyond generated code to test, improve, and deploy applications that people can actually useBook Description

Build with Claude Code shows you how to turn ideas into working applications through conversation, experimentation, and hands-on building. No prior programming experience is required.

You’ll start with a simple webpage before creating a marketing portfolio, a handwriting recognition program, a to-do app, and a quiz game. As your projects grow, you’ll learn to write effective prompts, manage context, verify AI-generated content, work with CLAUDE.md, and create custom commands that turn repetitive tasks into reusable workflows.

You’ll then connect AI models through APIs and build FridgeChef, an app combining image recognition and text generation. Next, you’ll create specialized Claude Code agents and assemble them into an AI development team with roles spanning product, frontend, backend, QA, and more.

Finally, you’ll extend Claude Code with MCP servers, Skills, and plugins, work with GitHub and Playwright, and use Vercel and Supabase to deploy a database-backed application.

By the end, you’ll have something more useful than coding theory. A practical way to take your next idea from prompt to deployed software.

What you will learnUnderstand AI-assisted development and Claude Code workflowsWrite structured prompts that produce better resultsManage projects with CLAUDE.md and custom commandsBuild AI-powered applications using external APIsCreate specialized agents and AI development teamsConnect tools and services through MCP serversExtend Claude Code using Skills and pluginsDeploy database-backed apps with Vercel and SupabaseWho this book is for

This book is for anyone with an idea for an app who wants to build it with AI, even without prior programming experience. Product managers, engineers, marketers, researchers, educators, entrepreneurs, and other professionals will learn a practical way to turn ideas into working software. Early-career developers will also discover how Claude Code, agents, MCP, Skills, plugins, and AI-assisted workflows can accelerate development. Readers with coding experience can move quickly through the early projects and focus on the advanced workflows.

Table of ContentsMy First Vibe CodingMaximizing AI’s Potential with Effective PromptsGetting Started with Claude CodePractical Use of Claude CodeSystematic Development and Management Through Game CreationGiving Claude Code Wings with APIsBuilding a Development Team with Claude Code AI AgentsExtending Claude Code with MCP, Skills, and Plugins

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Packt Publishing
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 31, 2026
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 408 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1807781798
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1807781798
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.54 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.92 x 9.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #11,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2 in Software Design Tools #3 in Artificial Intelligence (Books) #4 in Enterprise Applications
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