Making Your Own Apps
Nevan Scott
Design Teacher
Learn how to use AI coding tools to build your own designs
Looking around the world of product design right now, the landscape can look both fascinating and a little unnerving. The only certainty seems to be, well, change.
In response, we decided to create a course for designers who want to use AI coding tools to build their own apps.
You don't need a background in coding—in fact, that's kind of the point!
Likewise, if you do have some coding skills but are looking for guidance and structure to help you to better leverage AI tools at hand, this is the place to start.
The course teacher has ample experience teaching both design and coding skills. Nevan has been bringing design and code closer together for a long time. In fact, so long that he once used duct tape and baling wire to do so.
The next cohort will launch March 30th 2026.
If you're at all interested, take a look through this course page and sign up for course updates (right).
What you’ll learn
Become a designer who can prototype and launch real products—understanding architecture, data, users, and deployment.
Design and clearly communicate app ideas using technical vocabulary, mental models, and system-level thinking
Understand how frontend and backend components work together and make informed architectural decisions
Design data models and choose appropriate storage strategies for structured data, content, and media
Build multi-user applications with session management and foundational authentication patterns
Deploy apps to modern hosting platforms and manage the workflows and infrastructure that keep them running
Take ideas from concept to deployed prototype, evaluate code quality, and iteratively improve your work
Learn directly from Nevan
Nevan Scott
Instruction grounded in experience
Who this course is for
Designers with solid design experience but little coding knowledge who want to build working prototypes of their ideas.
Designers comfortable in tools like Figma who want to understand how web apps work and are ready to learn new tools and thinking.
Not for developers learning design, designers aiming to become professional engineers, or those seeking deep programming theory.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Nevan Scott in a real-time, interactive format.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund through the second week of the course.
Course syllabus
12 live sessions • 36 lessons
Week 1
Mar
30
Session 1
Apr
2
Session 2
Building and Deploying Your First App
Week 2
Apr
6
Session 3
Apr
9
Session 4
Web App Architecture
Schedule
Live sessions
4 hrs / week
Mon, Mar 30
5:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)
Thu, Apr 2
5:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)
Mon, Apr 6
5:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)
Projects
4-8 hrs / week
Async content
2-4 hrs / week
Testimonials
Nevan is an exceptional educator. He pulls back the curtain on coding and offers foundational building blocks you need to start creating with real intention and less “vibing.” The async content is detailed and easy to follow, with a refreshing focus on writing, reflecting and documenting ideas before prompting LLMs. While we worked in Cursor, the material is tool-agnostic and stays focused on the core logic of building.
As a product designer, I now feel significantly more confident designing in code and deploying functional web apps. I’m building things that actually work, but also look and behave as I intended!
Take this course and make an app. You’ll be better for it!
Laima Mazeikyte
Product Designer
Teaser Trailer
Check out the kind of work you'll be creating.
Frequently asked questions
$1,599
USD