This repository focuses on providing assistance for non-developers new to using code as a productivity tool.

The skills you will lean on to use these tools are:

• Critical thinking and analysis: Evaluating arguments, identifying biases, and assessing evidence

• Written and oral communication: Articulating ideas clearly across different formats

• Research skills: Gathering, organizing, and synthesizing information from diverse sources

• Reading and interpretation: Analyzing texts, symbols, and artifacts

• Information literacy: Distinguishing credible sources from unreliable ones

• Creative thinking: Approaching problems from different angles and developing ways to solve problems

To learn more about how I appraoch this, start here:

https://github.com/kasey6801/learn-by-building/blob/main/learning%20by%20building.md

If you're ready for a closer look, review the three documents I share for each project:

These three documents provide an overview of the process, specific to each project. The documents have been created with non-developers in mind.

Claude Music Setup

• An explanation of how development was done: https://github.com/kasey6801/learn-by-building/blob/main/Claude-Music/1.1a%20claude-music-setup-v1-plan-explained.md

• A summmary of the interaction with the LLM: https://github.com/kasey6801/learn-by-building/blob/main/Claude-Music/1.2a%20claude-music-setup-session-summary.md

• How the summary was completed: https://github.com/kasey6801/learn-by-building/blob/main/Claude-Music/1.3a%20claude-music-setup-session-summary-meta.md

You can also learn more about how the LLMs were used by by looking at the WORKFLOW.md files I've shared.

Your most valuable learning resource is, as always, community. Here's one that's informative, helpful and welcoming:

• https://themultiverse.school

Questions?

You can build understanding and skills along the way, by asking the LLMs (Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, Qwen, DuckAI, Lumo etc.) to help you learn.

Are you new to GitHub?

Github is an open source tool that enables version control for program files and supporting documents. To learn more, check out these resources:

• https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/guide-to-git-github-for-beginners-and-experienced-devs
• https://learn.github.com

What format are these text documents in?

The text documents hosted here are in Markdown, which is a way to format documents using plain text.

• https://www.howtogeek.com/448323/what-is-markdown-and-how-do-you-use-it

• https://www.markdownguide.org

  • https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/

Learn more about Claude Cowork & Claude Code

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhRgmQPv2Sg

• https://ccforeveryone.com

• https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-cowork

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntDIxaeo3Wg

• https://code.claude.com/docs/en/quickstart

Getting Started with Claude Code

ClaudeCode-Getting-Started_v1.2.md is a step-by-step guide written for anyone new to software development. It covers everything you need to get started, providing you with a template for a structured, well-documented software project using Claude Code and VS Code -- no prior coding experience required.

Topics include: installing VS Code and Claude Code, understanding the VS Code terminal and common commands, setting up GitHub, choosing between the Claude Code desktop app and the VS Code extension, using the /new-project slash command to automate project setup, managing a backlog, security practices, writing a README, and maintaining a change log. A brief section on AI safety explains considerations to keep in mind.

People to learn from

• https://www.criticalthinking.org/

• https://www.sabrina.dev/

  • https://www.youtube.com/@sabrina_ramonov

• https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/

  • https://www.youtube.com/@NateBJones

• https://github.com/lizTheDeveloper

  • https://www.youtube.com/@lizthedeveloper

• https://greenteapress.com/wp/think-python-3rd-edition/

  • https://allendowney.github.io/ThinkPython/

Code that I share here is free to use unless otherwise noted.

Have fun learning!