Verso University: Vibe Coding: Build a Website Using AI

Course Details

Dates: Thursday, July 9, 16, 23 & 30
Time: 6:30-8 pm
Location: Room 210

This course teaches adults with some programming familiarity how to build a real, professional-looking website using Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant. Students work through a curated project idea of their choosing across four 90-minute sessions, progressing from a browser-based prototype all the way to a fully functional local website — with the option to deploy it live on the internet in the final session.

Each session opens with a short conceptual segment to build understanding of the technology, followed by hands-on building time. Students leave every session with tangible results.

Course Prerequisites

• Mandatory Entrance Quiz — Must be completed for acceptance into class. Please contact Joanne Connon at [email protected] and request Mac or Windows version prior to registration.
• A capable laptop (Mac or Windows)
• Required software: Claude.ai account · Claude Desktop · Claude Code · WebStorm · Node.js (install guide provided)
• Class API keys
• Google Maps and Resend keys provided — the instructor will demonstrate how to obtain your own.

Instructor Bio

Kyle Pause has spent more than 30 years building software and leading the people who build it. He started as a hands-on engineer writing C++ and has since led large, globally distributed research, development, and cloud operations teams at companies including Aprisma, CA Technologies, Pitney Bowes, and Precisely. He holds a B.S. in Computational Mathematics from the Rochester Institute of Technology and is the co-inventor of a patented network management technology. For the past three years at Precisely, Kyle has led the research and development teams behind Automate Evolve, an SAP process automation platform, and EnterWorks, an enterprise master data management solution. His focus there has been strengthening their cloud offerings, bringing AI into both the development process and the products themselves, and improving the experience customers have with the software and the support behind it.

Important Information About Verso University Classes

• Classes are usually structured as a consecutive series.
• Class size is often limited.
• Each series has a one-time fee registration fee covering all classes in the series.
• Registration is mandatory.
• The Westport Library wants to ensure that all interested students are able to participate in Verso University courses. If the registration fee is a barrier to entry for you, please contact [email protected].

Verso University is the Library’s lifelong learning and education initiative, serving up year-round offerings of classes, workshops, and lectures designed to further education and learning. Offerings run the gamut of educational opportunities, ranging from one-time lectures to ongoing courses to classes that meet weekly or perhaps monthly.

Verso University programs are made possible by the generous support of the Nancy J. Beard Lifelong Learning and Education Fund. 

Refund Policy

Programs, prices, and dates are subject to change. Tickets are non-transferable between events but may be passed along to another attendee. All sales are final. Refunds are issued only if The Westport Library cancels an event outright. In the case of a postponement or reschedule, refunds are not guaranteed provided the event takes place within 12 months of the original date. Refunds, when applicable, are issued in the original form of payment.