Having a winning business idea is one thing, but developing it and getting it off the ground is another entirely. Especially if you don't have any coding experience. Thankfully there are options for less technical entrepreneurs in the digital age, and this course will teach you how to use them. Utilizing the codeless visual tools Blockspring, Bubble, and Zapier, this course walks you through how to build a web app in the vein of Airbnb as you come to grips with how to leverage your newfound knowledge into launching your own idea.
Access 32 lectures & 16 hours of content 24/7
Learn how to build an MVP of Airbnb without coding
Understand how to use visual no-code programming tools like Blockspring, Bubble, & Zapier
Adapt a sample project for your own use
Code-Free Startup has taught over 10,000 students how to build real apps with the skills they already have. Former students have been accepted into world-class accelerators, raised seed funding and, most importantly, built real startups by testing their ideas first with tools like Zapier, Bubble, and Typeform.
Details & Requirements
Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
Certification of completion not included
Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
Internet required
Course Outline
Airbnb
Lesson 1: Building web apps in Bubble (15:50)
Lesson 2: Creating the front-end framework for our marketplace (13:00)
Lesson 3: The search page and introduction to repeating groups (15:15)
Lesson 4: Demystifying databases (18:06)
Lesson 5: Creating user functionality: sign up, sign in, log out (19:40)
Lesson 6: Uploading data: creating a marketplace listing (30:16)
Lesson 7: Front-end design and best practices in Bubble (37:46)
Lesson 8: A new feature: responsive design in Bubble (21:17)
Lesson 9: Passing URL parameters - displaying the right data (47:50)
Lesson 10: Creating transactions using Stripe and Zapier (15:07)
Lesson 11: Lightweight support using Zapier and Google Sheets (21:03)
Lesson 12: Building user profiles (23:03)
Lesson 13: Collecting user data and buliding an onboarding flow (26:24)
Lesson 14: Limiting page states and dynamic profiles (27:12)
Lesson 15: Functional front-end design (26:53)
Lesson 16: Managing trips: creating a reservation dashboard (43:01)
Lesson 17: Communication - Building messaging functionality (47:39)
Lesson 18: Location - Geographic functionality and listing availability (53:50)
Lesson 19: Creating searches and filtering a database (21:29)
Lesson 20: Updating listings and building review functionality (19:49)
Lesson 21: Building a settings page (27:57)
Lesson 22: Designing the homepage (27:57)
Lesson 23: Bonus - Intro to improving UX (13:12)
Lesson 24: Building a powerful search engine (38:44)
Lesson 25: Design cleanup for new users (18:22)
Lesson 26: Building continuity into the interface (31:49)
Lesson 27: Cleaning up the search page (49:01)
Lesson 28: Making a responsive homepage (33:38)
Lesson 29: Challenge: A responsive search page (45:59)
One of the toughest challenges for new startups is acquiring users - especially paying ones. Still, it's an absolutely crucial task and one that can make or break your company. Taking a page from Dropbox, this course shows you how to emulate their viral invite campaign to not just get users to sign up, but to keep them fully engaged.
Access 12 lectures & 4 hours of content 24/7
Learn how to build a viral invite system
Understand how to connect your referral system to services like StartupThreads
Discover how to adapt a sample project for your own use
Code-Free Startup has taught over 10,000 students how to build real apps with the skills they already have. Former students have been accepted into world-class accelerators, raised seed funding and, most importantly, built real startups by testing their ideas first with tools like Zapier, Bubble, and Typeform.
Details & Requirements
Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
Certification of completion not included
Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
Internet required
Course Outline
First Section
Lesson 1: Breaking down the parts needed for a successful campaign (9:17)
Lesson 2: Building a landing page for email capture (20:42)
Lesson 3: Generating a viral sharing page for each user (15:40)
Lesson 4: Creating a secure referral system to avoid fake invites (26:43)
Lesson 5: Displaying invite progress and incentivizing sharing (22:37)
Lesson 6: Tracking it all via an admin page (24:00)
Lesson 7: Connecting Zapier to automatically send prizes (18:35)
When releasing a product you have to drum up some recognition via a marketing campaign, sure, but if you can get some customers right away you might as well do it! You don't need to set up an entire fancy point of sale site to start accepting payments. Building a payment page is easy, even if you're not all that technical, with services like Typeform, Stripe, and Zapier, and this course will show you the way.
Access 7 lectures & 1 hour of content 24/7
Build a preorders page without writing a single line of code
Use Typeform to build a single page website
Code-Free Startup has taught over 10,000 students how to build real apps with the skills they already have. Former students have been accepted into world-class accelerators, raised seed funding and, most importantly, built real startups by testing their ideas first with tools like Zapier, Bubble, and Typeform.
Details & Requirements
Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
Certification of completion not included
Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
Internet required
Course Outline
First Section
Lesson 1: Setting up Typeform and Stripe (9:10)
Lesson 2: Building Typeform elements (10:13)
Lesson 3: Designing a nice-looking payment page (9:14)
Lesson 4: Connecting to Zapier: automating preorders (13:27)
Lesson 5: Hosting your Typeform on Github Pages (13:21)