This section gives you a clean baseline with Claude Code before you use it on the course project. If you are new to Claude Code, start here. If you already use it, this section will make sure your workflow matches the exercises.
What you will learn
- How Claude Code sessions work
- How to prompt from the terminal
- How Claude connects to your editor
- How to move backward and forward through session history
- How to run shell commands safely
- How permissions work and where to configure them
Schedule
Getting To Know Claude Code is available from the beginning of the cohort.
Week 1 opens on Monday, June 1. Week 2 opens on Monday, June 8. You can work through the lessons at your own pace and bring questions to office hours.