Vibe Coding: How To Build Apps Using AI Prompts

Learn AI-assisted app development with our technology short courses in Sydney.

Bring your App Idea into it's first stages by learning how written prompts can become working applications, recently made as the colloquialism, Vibe Coding. In this Vibe Coding on-line course, you will learn how to use AI tools such as Lovable, Base44, Rork  and a range of modern low-code platforms to generate code. This course shows you how to go from an idea in plain English to a simple, functioning app.

This course focuses on how people are increasingly building software today: by describing what they want and using AI coding tools to help generate, explain and refine the code. You’ll learn how to guide these tools to create small web apps, scripts and interactive programs, while still understanding what the code does. Rather than starting with heavy theory, you begin with outcomes — “I want an app that does this” — and use AI to help construct it step by step.

Designed for adventurous creatives, small business owners, educators and career-changers or the simply curious mind, the course makes app development more accessible. You’ll work mainly with Python and simple app frameworks, using AI to speed up development, troubleshoot issues and explore features. The emphasis is on prototyping — quickly building and testing small app ideas.

AI-supported app development is becoming a valuable skill across industries including marketing, education, operations and small business. Being able to design a simple tool — such as a data tracker, content helper, booking form, or interactive information app — without starting from scratch opens new possibilities. This course builds confidence, practical digital skills and an understanding of how to work responsibly with AI-generated code.

No prior programming experience is required. If you are comfortable using a computer and ready to experiment, you’ll be guided through structured exercises where AI helps you generate code and you learn to review, adapt and apply it. By the end, you’ll have built small working apps and understand how to collaborate effectively with AI in the development process.

You may like to continue your learning with a related next level course.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this AI app development course, you should be able to:

• Explain how AI tools can help generate code for simple apps
• Write prompts that produce useful app-related Python code
• Read and modify AI-generated code for small applications
• Build a basic interactive app using a beginner-friendly framework
• Use AI features such as text generation or simple data processing inside an app
• Identify limitations, risks and ethical considerations in AI-assisted development

Course content

Introduction to AI-assisted app development

• What “vibe coding” means in the context of building apps
• How AI tools support modern app development workflows
• The role of the human in guiding and checking AI output

Prompting for app features

• Turning app ideas into clear written prompts
• Asking AI to generate interface elements and logic
• Iterating: prompt, test, adjust

Python basics for app building

• Understanding core Python structures with AI explanations
• Running and testing small programs
• Making manual edits to AI-generated code

Using frameworks to build simple apps

• Introduction to beginner-friendly app or web app frameworks
• Creating forms, inputs and outputs
• Connecting user actions to program logic

Adding AI-powered features

• Using AI services or libraries inside an app
• Creating apps that generate text, summarise information or analyse simple data
• Understanding how these features work at a practical level

Testing and improving your app

• Checking app behaviour and fixing issues
• Improving prompts to refine code
• Recognising errors, limitations and overconfidence in AI-generated solutions

Mini app project

• Planning a small app idea
• Using AI to help build it step by step
• Testing, refining and sharing your working app

Who this course is for

Beginners to coding, professionals wanting to prototype tools, creatives, educators, and anyone interested in building simple apps with the help of AI.

Prerequisites

Basic computer skills. No prior coding experience required, but confidence using files and applications is helpful.