--- title: "Build a dashboard learning path | Grafana Labs" description: "Hands-on learning path to build a dashboard with the Foundation SDK" --- > For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt). ## Learning path: Build a dashboard with the Foundation SDK The following table describes the steps you’ll work through in the learning path. | Step | What you’ll do | Outcome | |-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| | **1. Set up your project** | Install the Foundation SDK and create a project | A working SDK project in Go or TypeScript | | **2. Create a dashboard** | Use DashboardBuilder to define a dashboard with UID, tags, and time range | A complete dashboard definition | | **3. Add panels and queries** | Attach stat and time series panels with data queries | A dashboard with live visualizations | | **4. Export JSON** | Call build() and serialize the output to a file | A deployment-ready JSON file | | **5. Verify the output** | Inspect the JSON and optionally import into Grafana | Confirmed valid dashboard JSON | ## Before you start Have these ready before you open the path: - **Go 1.21+** or **Node.js 18+** installed - A terminal and code editor - A Grafana Cloud account (optional, for manual import verification) Learning path #### Build a dashboard with the Foundation SDK Welcome to the learning path that shows you how to define a Grafana dashboard as strongly typed code and export it as deployment-ready JSON. 11 min Intermediate Docs & blog posts #### Open in Grafana Cloud Complete this learning path directly in your Grafana Cloud stack, or in the Grafana Play stack, with an interactive learning experience. [Open in Grafana Cloud]() [Try in Grafana Play]() [View on website](/docs/learning-paths/build-dashboard-sdk/)