Module Check
You have completed nine lessons on building real projects with AI. You have scoped a project, written a vision document, launched an MVP, grown it feature by feature, tested as you went, kept a build log, evaluated when to start over, polished for usability and aesthetics, and run the full process on a second project in the Mini-Build Studio. This lesson checks that the concepts and habits have landed — not through memorization, but through your ability to apply them in new situations.
Flashcards — click each card to reveal the answer
A student wants to build 'a fitness app with meal logging, workout tracking, friend challenges, and AI coaching.' She has two weeks and has never built a project before. What is the most important change she should make?
Marcus has a working MVP. He wants to add (a) a delete button, (b) a weekly total, and (c) a color theme all at once. What should he do instead?
Priya runs her test checklist after adding a new feature and discovers the score counter now shows the wrong number — something she did not change. What is this and what should she do?
A student has patched the same part of her project's login screen five times in five sessions. Each patch introduced a new problem. According to the start-over checklist, what does this pattern signal?
A student finishes coding all features and is about to share the project. She skips the usability test because the project 'obviously works.' What risk is she taking?
Which of the following best describes what a build log is for?
The most important thing this module taught is not any single technique. It is the discipline of following a process: scope carefully, describe fully, build an MVP, grow incrementally, test constantly, log everything, evaluate honestly, and polish with care. Any builder who applies this process — whether they are twelve years old or forty-two, whether they are using AI or not — will consistently finish projects that other people fail to complete. The process is the skill.
Module Capstone: Present Your Project
- Step 1: Open your main project — the one you started in Lesson 1 and have been building throughout the module.
- Step 2: Run your complete test checklist. Fix any failing items.
- Step 3: Run the two-minute first-impression exercise one final time. Make any remaining polish changes.
- Step 4: Write a one-page project summary that covers: the original scope you chose and why, the features you built in order, one regression you caught and how you fixed it, one decision about whether to continue or restart and your reasoning, and what the project looks like now versus the original brief.
- Step 5: Present your project to at least one person who was not involved in building it. Walk them through the project summary, then let them use the project without coaching. Note their reactions.
- Step 6: Write a final build log entry reflecting on the whole module: what you learned, what you would do differently on your next project, and what you are proudest of.
- Your main project and your mini-build tip generator are both real artifacts you built. They exist. They work. You made them.