Phase 1: The Tool Landscape · 30 min · Lovable · v0 · Bolt.new

Setting Up a Browser App Builder

Zero setup is the point. If you're configuring environments, you're using the wrong category.

Hiring signal: What changes when you use this: you can go from sign-up to deployed app in under 30 minutes — which means you can test ideas the same day you have them.

What you will learn

Sign up for and navigate a browser app builder
Start a project and write an effective first prompt
Use preview and edit features to iterate
Deploy from the browser to get a live URL

Your Mission

Sign up for a browser app builder, build a real app from a description, iterate with corrections, and deploy to a live URL. Output: browser_build.md + live URL.

You need: A browser app builder (Lovable, v0, Bolt.new, or Replit Agent).

Time: 30-45 minutes.

Step 1: Sign Up (2 min)

Pick one:

Lovable (lovable.dev) — all-in-one with built-in Supabase integration
v0 (v0.dev) — by Vercel, great for Next.js and UI
Bolt.new (bolt.new) — fastest from prompt to live URL
Replit Agent (replit.com) — full apps with backends, runs in browser

Unlock the full lesson

You've read the first 2 sections. The rest of this lesson covers Step 2: Start a Project (2 min), Step 3: Write Your First Prompt (5 min), Tool Used, Build Description, Step 4: Review the Preview (10 min), Review, Step 5: Iterate with Corrections (10 min), Corrections Applied, Step 6: Deploy (5 min), Live URL, You're Done — plus a hands-on lab, quiz, and project artifact.

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