Free course · 16 modules · 34 deep dives

The Momentum Bubble Bootcamp

For five years we ran a paid, cohort-based bootcamp that trained hundreds of Bubble developers — many into professional careers. This is that course, released free as a written series: app design, development and product management, end to end, refined across multiple cohorts.

Why release it now, and why should you care if you'll never touch Bubble? Because almost nothing here was ever really about Bubble. Data modelling, UX process, privacy rules, workflows, testing, estimation — a great AI-era developer needs most of what a great Bubble developer needed. Only the code layer changed. That story is here.

Part I — Design

How professionals think before they build: foundations, UX process, design systems, responsive craft.

Module 1 — Design foundations: your first real build

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Module 1

Design foundations: your first real build

Module 2 — UX design: the process, not the polish

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Module 2

UX design: the process, not the polish

Module 3 — UI design: build a system, not a screen

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Module 3

UI design: build a system, not a screen

Module 4 — Responsive design: one build, every screen

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Module 4

Responsive design: one build, every screen

Deep dives

Module 1: Build a professional landing page in Bubble: header, hero and feature cards

Module 2: Build testimonials and a working contact form in Bubble ·A lightweight UX process for app builders ·Usability testing without a lab

Module 3: Design systems in Bubble: styles, buttons and icons ·Choosing fonts and colours for your app: a practical method

Module 4: Build a mobile header and hamburger menu in Bubble ·Make a Bubble page fully responsive, section by section ·Responsive layout in Bubble: breakpoints, grouping and alignment

Part II — Build

From pages to products: architecture, CRUD, workflows and a production-quality onboarding build.

Module 5 — Application architecture: pages, states and reusable pieces

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Module 5

Application architecture: pages, states and reusable pieces

Module 6 — CRUD: the four operations behind every app

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Module 6

CRUD: the four operations behind every app

Module 7 — Workflows: events, actions, accounts and control flow

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Module 7

Workflows: events, actions, accounts and control flow

Module 8 — Workflows practical: build a real onboarding flow

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Module 8

Workflows practical: build a real onboarding flow

Deep dives

Module 5: Build a navigation drawer in Bubble properly ·Build a simple single-page app in Bubble: groups, conditionals and navigation ·Custom states vs URL parameters in Bubble

Module 6: Updating data in Bubble: auto-binding vs workflows ·Build a create form with validation in Bubble ·Build a data table in Bubble: Do a search for, filters and search ·Build pagination in Bubble from scratch ·Sortable table headers with conditional arrows in Bubble

Module 7: Sign up, log in and the security container: Bubble account workflows ·Custom events, conditionals and workflow timing in Bubble ·A debugging method for visual developers

Module 8: Build a multi-step onboarding wizard in Bubble ·Wiring an onboarding flow to your database

Part III — Data & systems

The engineering core: data modelling, security, backend automation and integrations.

Module 9 — Data modelling: the decisions you can't cheaply undo

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Module 9

Data modelling: the decisions you can't cheaply undo

Module 10 — Data security: privacy rules as a first-class discipline

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Module 10

Data security: privacy rules as a first-class discipline

Module 11 — Backend workflows: automation, recursion and scale

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Module 11

Backend workflows: automation, recursion and scale

Module 12 — The API Connector: making your app talk to the world

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Module 12

The API Connector: making your app talk to the world

Deep dives

Module 9: A simple approach to data modelling ·Build drag-and-drop deal stages (a kanban board) in Bubble ·Data normalisation explained with worked examples ·Lists, metadata and naming: the unglamorous parts of a good database

Module 10: The Bubble app security checklist ·Bubble privacy rules, explained properly ·Plan access control with a privacy-rule table

Module 12: API calls as actions vs data (and the planning checklist) ·Connect a real API with private-key auth: the Bitly walkthrough ·OAuth2 explained step by step

Part IV — Ship & lead

Launching, operating, scaling — and leading the team that does it.

Module 13 — Testing and go-live: shipping like a professional

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Module 13

Testing and go-live: shipping like a professional

Module 14 — System operations: running software people rely on

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Module 14

System operations: running software people rely on

Module 15 — Speed and scale: performance as a design habit

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Module 15

Speed and scale: performance as a design habit

Module 16 — Leading a team: from builder to professional

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Module 16

Leading a team: from builder to professional

Deep dives

Module 13: The Bubble go-live checklist ·Writing testable software and testing in the real world

Where this thinking lives now

We build with Claude Code these days — same craft, new tools. If you're weighing a move off Bubble, start with rescue & migration; for the whole journey, read From Bubble to AI coding, or browse the rest of the Bubble-era archive.