Introduction to AI: UI Generation with Copilot
Learn how to use AI tools—especially GitHub Copilot—to generate modern UI layouts, components, styles and complete website structures. A practical course for developers who want to speed up front-end development using AI.
Oleksii Anzhiiak
Software Architect, Senior .NET Engineer & Co-Founder
By the end you'll be able to
- Use AI to accelerate daily development
- Generate clean and structured code
- Build UI layouts with AI assistance
- Create tests and documentation faster
- Work safely with AI tools in production
Is this course for you?
This is right for you if you…
- You can already write code on your own — AI tools amplify existing skill, not replace it
- Your team is rolling out Copilot / Cursor / Claude Code and you want to be the person who uses them well rather than the person who copy-pastes whatever shows up
- You're curious about UI generation specifically — designing screens by typing prompts, then refining the output
Don't take this course if you…
- You can't write code yourself yet — AI tools magnify what you bring, not what you don't. Start with course #1 or #11 first
- You expect AI to design good products for you — design is taste; AI helps execute decisions, not make them
- You want a deep dive on building AI products (RAG, agents) — that's a different course (#22). This one is about USING AI as a developer
Who teaches this
Oleksii Anzhiiak
Software Architect, Senior .NET Engineer & Co-Founder
Oleksii Anzhiiak is a Software Architect, Senior .NET Engineer, and Co-Founder of ToyCRM.com and ProfectusLab. With over 15 years of experience, he specializes in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, high-load backend development, and identity platforms. Oleksii designs complex architectures, builds secure authentication systems, and develops modern engineering education programs that help students achieve real career results.
Currently leads architecture for ToyCRM.com — a multi-tenant CRM platform built on .NET by our team. The same patterns and design decisions used there appear directly in the courses: identity & auth, distributed services, code review culture. You learn from engineers actively shipping production code, not from a textbook.
Syllabus
This course teaches how to generate UI layouts, components, and full web pages using AI and Copilot.
- 1 Module 1: Introduction to AI for UI Development
- 2 Module 2: Understanding Copilot Prompting for UI
- 3 Module 3: Generating HTML Structure with Copilot
- 4 Module 4: Generating CSS & Responsive Layouts
- 5 Module 5: Creating Components with Copilot (Cards, Navbars, Forms)
- 6 Module 6: Using Copilot for JavaScript Interactivity
- 7 Module 7: Copilot + Frameworks (React, Astro, Next.js)
- 8 Module 8: Generating Entire Pages & Landing Sections
- 9 Module 9: Fixing AI-Generated Code & Improving Quality
- 10 Module 10: Final Project — Generate a Full Landing Page Using AI
Prerequisites
Basic computer skills and willingness to learn. Course materials will guide you step by step.
Basic HTML & CSS required. JavaScript optional.
What you'll build
You leave with a working AI-augmented dev workflow — Copilot prompting that produces code worth reviewing instead of slop, AI-generated UI mock-ups that you can iterate on, and a sense of when AI helps vs when it costs you debugging time later. The skill that separates the AI users from the AI sucker.
- AI-assisted code generation
- Prompt engineering for developers
- Generating UI with AI
- Automated test generation
- Code refactoring with AI
- AI limitations and validation
- Productivity workflows
Where this fits in your career
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First lesson on us. Decide after meeting your instructor.
Sit in on the first session. If after lesson 1 you decide the instructor isn't the right fit, you don't pay for it — and no awkward conversation. (Trial offer applies to courses with more than 5 lessons; this one qualifies.)
Pricing & what's included
What's included
- 10 live sessions × 2 hours each — taught by the instructor, not a recording playback
- Slide deck for every session — yours to keep and refer back to
- Working code files and any data files used in class — cloned to your machine
- Weekly homework with personal code review from the instructor
- Recording on request — give the teacher a heads-up ("can't make Tuesday, please record it") and the session is recorded for you
Frequently asked questions
How much time per week will this take?
Plan for the live sessions plus roughly 1.5–2 hours of practice per session. Most students who finish on schedule put in 4–6 hours a week total. If you put in less, you still finish — it just takes longer.
What if I miss a class?
Tell the teacher BEFORE the session — "I can't make Tuesday, please record it" — and the teacher records that lesson and sends it to you. Recordings aren't a default catch-up archive; they're produced on request when you give a heads-up. After the lesson you do the homework, bring questions to the next session.
What's included in the price?
Live sessions with the teacher; the slide deck for each session (yours to keep); the working code files and any data files used in class; weekly homework with code review; and recordings of the sessions you give advance notice for. Anything beyond that — a certificate, alumni access, mock interviews — is listed explicitly in "What's included" above the FAQ for the courses where it applies.
What if I sign up and the teacher isn't a fit?
For courses with more than 5 lessons, the first session is effectively a trial — if after lesson 1 you decide the teacher isn't a fit, you don't pay for it. We'd rather you walk away after one lesson than push through 9 weeks of bad chemistry. (Courses with 5 or fewer lessons are short enough that the standard pricing applies — the trial offer doesn't make sense at that length.)
Can I get a refund partway through?
Yes, while more than half the course is still unused — i.e. you've attended fewer than 50% of the lessons. The refund covers the unused portion proportionally. Past the halfway point we don't refund, on the assumption that the value has been delivered.
Can I switch the language of instruction?
The live sessions run in the language listed under "Available Languages" above. Slides and code files are typically available in all four (English, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian). Many students attend sessions in one language and read materials in another — that's normal.
Will I be ready for a real job after this course?
One course rarely gets anyone hired by itself — for any field. What this course gives you is the foundation a junior hiring manager expects: working code you wrote yourself, the vocabulary to read other people's code, and the practice habits that make you employable. The honest answer to "am I ready?" is on our roadmap (link in the page header) — open the level you want to reach and read the "You're ready when" checklist.
Can I pay in instalments?
Yes for courses with a "Monthly Payment" option in the at-a-glance ribbon — usually two or three equal monthly payments. Courses without that option are paid in one go. If the price is the blocker, write to us — we look at every case.