Session 1 ยท Saturday, May 2
Foundations & workstation setup
What you'll learn
- What is SaaS? Types of SaaS products and real-world examples
- Key terms: frontend (what users see and interact with), backend (the logic and database running behind the scenes), database, sign-in, making your product live, secure settings your product needs to run (stored safely, never shared publicly), a private test version vs your live product
- How AI-assisted development fits into a weekly build rhythm
- Tour of six tools: Cursor; Supabase (your product's database and backend โ where all user data and product content is stored); GitHub (where your code is saved and version-controlled, like Google Drive but for your project files); Vercel (the platform that puts your product live on the internet); Resend; Hostinger
- Workstation setup: Node.js, VS Code, Cursor, Git; accounts on GitHub, Supabase, Vercel
- Creating your first project folder on GitHub and reading its layout
Outcome
Your development environment is installed, signed in, and ready to use.