Web Development

Building a Website with Claude Code: A Tutorial Series

An eight-part series for non-technical teams: install Claude Code, plan the site, prompt well, build, launch, and maintain. Designed to be followed in order.

Claude Code Tutorial Part 1: Introduction and the Prompt-First Mindset

Why prompts and plans come before code. What Claude Code is. What you can realistically build in a day, a week, or a month.

Claude Code Tutorial Part 2: Set Up Claude Code on Your Computer

Hardware, accounts, the vocabulary you need, installing Claude Code, and the slash commands you'll use every day.

Claude Code Tutorial Part 3: Plan Your Website Before You Build It

Write the one-page brief that makes everything else easier. Information architecture, brand decisions, content plan, anti-references.

Claude Code Tutorial Part 4: Prompt and Plan with Claude Code

How to write a first prompt that gets a good plan back. When to use Plan Mode. How to push back when the plan is wrong.

Claude Code Tutorial Part 5: Build the Website with Claude Code

Pick the right technology for your site. Decide static vs database-driven. Add pages, content, and images one at a time.

Claude Code Tutorial Part 6: Things to Consider as You Build

Mobile responsive, accessibility (WCAG 2.2), performance, SEO, and UK GDPR. The things easy to forget that matter most.

Claude Code Tutorial Part 7: Going Live with Your Website

Domain names, hosting choices for UK teams, deployment, HTTPS, and the launch checklist.

Claude Code Tutorial Part 8: After Launch and Working Well with Claude Code

Analytics, backups, security, and the habits that make Claude Code produce reliable results. Plus a glossary for everything.