Vibe Coding Essentials - Build Apps with AI Specialization
Five short courses (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, MCP, and an 8-hour "Learn to code with AI") from Scrimba. The broadest tool tour for beginners, and the 8-hour coding course helps you actually read what the AI writes.
Go to the course on Coursera- Provider
- Scrimba (Coursera)
- Price
- Paid
- Certificate
- Paid certificateShareable certificate from Scrimba when you complete the paid specialization.
- Level
- Beginner
- Time
- About 17 hours of courses (Coursera estimates 4 weeks at 10 hours a week)
- Format
- 5-course specialization
- Checked
- 2026-11-05
Coursera says it cannot be taken for free; financial aid may be available. Included with Coursera Plus.
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What you will learn.
- 01Cursor
- 02GitHub Copilot
- 03Claude Code
- 04MCP
- 05Learn to code with AI
- 06Deploying with Netlify
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02
Before you enroll.
From the course page, checked 2026-11-05.
- Who it is for
- Beginners with no coding experience, such as marketers, designers, and accountants.
- You need
- A computer you can install apps on (GitHub Copilot and Cursor)
- What you build
- A personal portfolio website
- Small games, Chrome extensions, database-powered apps, and a mobile app
- Apps deployed with GitHub and Netlify
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