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Build Your First App with AI
Scaffold, build, and deploy a real Next.js app using Cursor, v0, and Vercel.
Build Your First App with AI
You will have a deployed app by the end of this lesson. No prior experience required.
Show the final app first — then reverse-engineer how we built it.
The AI Dev Stack
contentThese four tools replace what used to take a full team.
- Cursor — AI pair programmer inside VS Code
- v0.dev — Design to code in seconds
- GitHub Copilot — Inline completions as you type
- Vercel — Deploy to production in 30 seconds
Demo each tool briefly before diving in.
Your First Prompt
exerciseGo to v0.dev and enter this prompt:
Create a landing page for a SaaS app called FalconVerse.
- Dark navy background
- Hero with headline and two CTA buttons
- Feature grid with 3 cards
- Simple pricing card
- Tailwind CSSWatch v0 generate the code live. Walk through what it produced.