AI Learning Labs
Lab 01

Hello World

Your first AI-built web page — live on the public internet  ·  Hello World history ↗
What you'll do
What you need
Steps
1

Open Claude

Go to claude.ai and sign in. The easiest option is Continue with Google — it skips email verification and gets you in immediately. Once signed in, start a new conversation.

2

Give Claude this prompt

Copy the prompt below and paste it into Claude exactly as written.

Prompt — copy this
Write me a complete, self-contained HTML web page that displays the words "Hello World" in large, centered text. Make it look clean and friendly. Include a short line of text below that says "My first AI-built web page." Do not explain anything — just give me the HTML code.
3

Copy Claude's response

Claude will reply with a block of HTML code. Click the copy icon at the top-right of the code block to copy all of it.

4

Save it as a file

Open Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac). Paste the code. Save the file to your Desktop and name it index.html — make sure the file ends in .html, not .txt. The name index.html is important: it tells the web server to load your page automatically when someone visits your URL, with no extra typing required.

5

Create a free Netlify account

Go to app.netlify.com/signup. The easiest option is Continue with Google — it gets you in instantly. If you prefer email, enter your address, check your inbox for a verification link, and click it. You'll land on your Netlify dashboard — that means you're in and ready for the next step.

6

Publish it to the internet

Make sure you are signed in to Netlify, then go to netlify.com/drop. Drag your index.html file onto the page. Because you are signed in, there is no password — Netlify will give you a permanent public URL immediately.

7

Open your page

Click the URL Netlify gives you. Your page will open immediately — no password needed. It's live on the public internet.

8

Share it with a friend

Copy your Netlify URL and send it to someone — a text, an email, whatever you like. Tell them what it is: a web page you built with AI in under 10 minutes. When they open it, they'll see your page instantly — no password, no hassle. That's the internet working for you.

You just did something real. You directed an AI to build a working web page, and you published it to the public internet — without writing a single line of code yourself. That's the core skill this lab series is built on.
Coming up in Lab 02

You'll give Claude more detailed instructions and start shaping what your page looks like — colors, fonts, layout. Small changes, big results.