AI for App Building

Name: AI for App Building
Rating: 4.8 (182 reviews)

Course 7/7 of Google AI Professional Certificate

Learn how to vibe code and build a custom app to tackle repetitive or time consuming parts of your work day.

Created byGoogle

Last updated 8/2026

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What you'll learn

Analyze your professional workflow to identify high-impact opportunities where a custom AI solution can solve a specific workplace challenge.
Construct a functional web application by using vibe coding techniques to translate natural language into working code.
Evaluate technical issues during app development by using AI to diagnose and debug code to ensure a stable and functional prototype.
Practice using advanced AI tools like AI Studio to gain confidence in building more sophisticated and scalable custom solutions.

Course content

3 sections • 19 lectures • 51m total length

AI for app building4:01
Map your workflow and build a custom ai-powered app with vibe coding and agentic ai, turning prompts into functional tools that automate repetitive tasks.
Ammaar, what is vibe coding?0:31
Explore vibe coding, where you can describe your app idea and an AI builds it for you without writing code.

Learn how to build a custom AI tool4:23
Learn to vibe code by building custom AI tools without coding, including a decision aid, marketing materials generator, and interactive data dashboard, using Google AI Studio and Gemini models.
Learn: Create a tie breaker app for better decision making7:01
Create the tiebreaker app to support structured decision making with pros and cons, SWOT, and comparison tables, using AI Studio and Gemini to prototype and test freemium versus premium pricing.
Prepare: Develop functional apps to handle manual tasks0:45
Build with AI: Tie breaker app1:54
Learn: Design a brand builder app to visualize any product6:47
Design a marketing materials generator that converts a product concept into consistent mock-ups across billboard, newspaper, social posts, and magazine spreads, using Nano-Banana and Gemini 2.5 Flash.
Build with AI: Brand builder app2:12
Learn: Build an interactive dashboard to uncover data insights5:00
Build an interactive dashboard from CSV data using AI Studio and Gemini to visualize sales data with filters, pie and line charts, and a data table.
Build with AI: Interactive dashboard2:06

Identify tasks for your app0:54
Evaluate your workflow to build an app2:40
Ammaar, what's your pro tip for building apps?1:02
Break the app into blocks and explain the whole project to the model. Then tackle each part from first to second to improve accuracy and diagnose errors.
Learn: Vibe coding6:01
Learn how to build an agenda app that converts documents into structured meeting agendas with topic summaries, action items, stakeholders, and timed sections.
Build with AI: A custom app to help you at work2:52
Ammaar, can AI models be combined?0:36
Learn how to chain AI models to create and animate storyboards by generating images, bringing them to life with Veo, and refining with Gemini, all through AI Studio.
Measure the impact of your app0:52
Course challenge
Claim your course completion badge0:40
Resources for Google AI Professional Certificate graduates1:19

Requirements

None.

Description

Wish you could build a tool to make your workday a little easier, but don’t know where to start? This course teaches you how to build with AI by vibe coding, the process of developing code using natural language. You’ll start by analyzing your professional workflow to identify an opportunity where an app can have the biggest impact. Then, you’ll build it to solve that exact challenge. You’ll also learn the common pitfalls of vibe coding to ensure you are developing responsibly. Show off your advanced AI skills by sharing your app and testing it at work.

By the end of this course, you’ll:

Master how to communicate with AI using everyday language to generate, test, and refine functional code.
Audit your professional workflow and pinpoint the highest-value opportunities to use AI in your work.
Build a functional, shareable app tailored to your specific workplace needs, helping you solve your most complex workflow challenges.
Gain hands-on experience using Google AI Studio to explore, test, and build with our most capable models.

This course is a part of the Google AI Professional Certificate, a program that takes you beyond foundational understanding to becoming an AI-fluent professional. With this certificate, you’ll gain hands-on experience building the AI skills that employers are looking for. Designed by experts at Google, you’ll practice using AI in real workplace tasks. You’ll learn how to use AI to sharpen your strategy, boost your creativity, and streamline the repetitive parts of your day, and you’ll build a portfolio of 20+ AI projects to show off your new skills. And, to help you do your best work, you’ll gain access to Google AI Pro at no cost, giving you experience with Google’s most helpful tools.