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Explainers for the questions that keep coming up.

Some of these started as answers to questions the Discord kept asking. One started because I didn't understand American football. All of them are free.

The guides

Free guides. One's about football.

Guide 01Free guideLive

Superagents Guide

What are Superagents in Base44? A free, friendly explainer with a mascot called Nova. The six parts, Superagent vs chatbot, use cases and a prompt library, checked against Base44's docs.

“A chatbot waits. A Superagent works.”The Superagents Guide

What's inside

  • Chatbot vs Superagent
  • The six parts
  • Real use cases
  • A prompt library
  • Nova
  • Checked against the docs
  • 6parts of a Superagent, explained
  • 7copy-paste starter prompts
  • 1mascot called Nova
Guide 02Free courseLive

What's BaaS?

The backend that's already built into every Base44 app. Twelve five-minute lessons, a live playground and a plain-English glossary. No code needed.

“Don't read about it. Run it.”What's BaaS? playground

What's inside

  • Four-step lessons
  • The backend map
  • A live playground
  • The switchboard
  • A plain-English glossary
  • A version for your AI
  • 12five-minute lessons
  • 4steps in every lesson
  • 32backend words, in human
Guide 03Free guideLive

The Gridiron Guide

American football explained for people as confused as I was. Four tools: AI Coach, The Field, Game Situations and The Glossary. It won Best Build.

“FINALLY. SOMEONE EXPLAINED IT.”The Gridiron Guide's homepage

What's inside

  • AI Coach
  • The Field
  • Game Situations
  • The Glossary
  • Best BuildBig Game App competition, 2026
  • 4tools to learn the game
  • 1sitting to get it
Guide 04ArchiveLive

Unofficial Base44 Office Hours archive

Every Base44 Office Hours session up to #70, with searchable recaps, practical takeaways and question banks. Unofficial and community-made.

“Every builder needs a place to catch up”The archive's homepage

Unofficial, community-made. Not a Base44 property.

What's inside

  • Search and filters
  • Proper recaps
  • Question banks
  • Mini Gingy
  • Weekly schedule
  • Ten languages
  • #70latest session archived
  • 10languages
  • 34answers in the #68 question bank
Learn Base Code in huge black type on lime with Base Code boxed in black, three phones showing the lesson index, the Pull requests lesson and the Who it is for lesson, and a handwritten note: real screenshots, not mockups.
Guide 05Free courseLive

Learn Base Code

An independent course on Base44's Base Code for teams with an existing codebase. Twelve lessons, from what it is to your first merged pull request, with every fact linked to its source.

“Describe a change. Get a pull request.”Learn Base Code's homepage

Independent. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Base44.

What's inside

  • Every fact sourced
  • Twelve lessons
  • A playground
  • Honest illustrations
  • A prompt for your AI
  • A launch film
  • 12lessons, about 1 to 5 minutes each
  • 13sources, every fact linked
  • 30slaunch film, with sound
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