Claude Code Bootcamp — Build 10 Real-World Projects with Claude Code

Packt Certification · part of LLM Engineering by Packt A 5-hour live virtual bootcamp by Luca Berton — Claude Code Certified Expert Instructor · AI-first Developer · Author & Educator Inaugural delivery: 30 May 2026, 09:00 AM EST · Live, Virtual & Practical

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Where do I start? → Open exercises/part-01/README.md. Everything else on this page is reference material.

Pre-work checklist (complete before the live session — ~30 min):

• [ ] Claude Code installed and signed in (any tier)
• [ ] Python 3.11+ on PATH (primary track)
• [ ] Node.js 20+ on PATH (secondary track for parts 2/4/5)
• [ ] Git ≥ 2.30 on PATH
• [ ] An IDE you can drive (VS Code recommended)
• [ ] macOS / Linux / Windows-via-WSL2 — native PowerShell is not supported

Full pre-work is in student-guide.md.

During the bootcamp, work through parts 01 → 10 in order. Each part is a ~22-minute block with a slide deck + an exercise + a reference solution. Part 11 is the closing Q&A + exam briefing.

flowchart LR
    A[Pre-work~30 min] --> B[Bootcampparts 01–104 h instruction]
    B --> C[Part 11Q&A + exam briefing~30 min]
    C --> D[Packt Certificate+ Skills library]

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Audience
• Prerequisites
• Learning outcomes
• Schedule
• Projects
• Repository layout
• Build
• Assessment
• License

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Overview

Most developers use AI as autocomplete. This bootcamp teaches you to use Claude Code as a development partner — one that plans, codes, tests, reviews, refactors, and documents alongside you. Across 10 hands-on projects in a single afternoon you will ship a CLI, a REST API, a test suite, a UI from a wireframe, a refactor with handoff docs, a Git workflow, a personal skills library, and a production readiness review.

You leave with: a portfolio of 10 deliverables, a reusable Claude Skills library (10+ skills, MIT-licensed), and a Packt Certification Certificate of Completion.

Audience

• Beginner-to-intermediate developers
• Tech leads adopting AI-assisted workflows
• DevOps and automation engineers
• AI-first builders moving from prompts to shipped software

Prerequisites

• Basic programming literacy in any language