A live, hands-on programme for people who don't write code. You learn Lovable in class, build on your own idea in class, and ship a real, working app by week four.
Awarded for what you ship, not for showing up. A graded capstone — a real, working app on a live URL — assessed by a person, against your own use case.
Anyone can prompt an app into existence in ten minutes. Almost nobody ships one that works, is safe, and gets used. The gap isn't the tool. It's scoping, data, auth, and the last mile.
So we built the four weeks that close it.
A repeatable loop, applied to your own app every single week.
We teach the part of Lovable — scoping, data, auth, integrations, shipping — that earns its place this week. No filler.
You apply it live to your actual idea, with a mentor watching, unblocking, and pushing the build further.
A 5-dimension rubric scores the shipped app, not the attendance. One free resubmission. Human sign-off required.
Built around Lovable Cloud, AI Gateway, and the shipping habits that separate a demo from a real app.
You learn to scope one idea into one buildable app — pages, actions, states — and prompt Lovable in short, deliberate turns instead of vibes.
You wire Lovable Cloud: tables, row-level security, sign-in. You learn what data you actually own and how not to leak it.
You add AI, payments, and one external service. You learn where secrets belong, what belongs on the server, and how to keep it cheap.
You publish to a real URL, run a launch check, and hand it to a first user. It's assessed against the NBL Builder rubric, by a person.
Bring your own idea. These are the shapes it usually takes.
A private, signed-in space for your customers to see their data, files and updates.
A tool your team actually uses, replacing three spreadsheets and a group chat.
Two-sided lists with sign-in, listings and payments — scoped to a real community.
A focused AI app on top of your own data — copy studio, brief generator, review helper.
No completion certificates. The NBL Builder credential is only awarded when your app is live and passes the rubric.
Assessed capstone — a shipped, working app on a real URL. Graded against a 5-dimension rubric. Distinction at 17/20. Human sign-off required on every credential decision.
The credential is only worth what this rubric makes it worth. So we publish it.
One clear idea, cut down to something actually shippable in four weeks.
Deliberate, short prompts. Fixes the right thing without breaking the rest.
Sensible data model. Row-level security, auth, and secrets in the right place.
It's on a real URL. It works. A first user can actually use it.
Owns the AI outputs, the data, and the cost. No leaks, no dark patterns.
Database, auth, storage, edge functions. One click to enable, no keys to juggle. Row-level security by default.
Chat, images, embeddings, speech. No provider keys to manage. Model choice without the plumbing.
Real checkout, subscriptions, and webhooks. Wired the right way — secrets on the server, verification before writes.
No. Lovable Lab is the non-coder track. If you can use a browser and describe what you want, you can do this.
A rough one is enough. Week 1 is scoping — we help you cut it down to something you can actually ship in four weeks.
You'll ship a real slice of it. The rubric grades what's shipped and working, not what's on the roadmap. A small live app beats a big broken one.
No. Lovable Lab is an independent programme by Next Billion Lab. Lovable is a trademark of its owners.
You get specific feedback against the dimensions you fell short on, and one free resubmission. The standard doesn't move, but the door stays open.
Most learners' Week 4 app runs on Lovable's free tier. If you get real usage, hosting and AI usage cost a few dollars a month, not hundreds.
Apply free. Pay only once you're confirmed for a seat.