Some dynamic user profile layouts have been implementing more complicated JavaScript features. Notably the dropdown settings menu has been a staple of social networking websites. This is a great method for allowing easy access to updating the user profile, or …Continue reading
When I set out to learn programming in early 2012 in order to build Uncover, I was primarily focused on learning Ruby on Rails. When I thought about what programming was to me, it was always about being able to …Continue reading
One thing I’m constantly asked by aspiring programmers is: What incentive do you need when you want to learn to program? A lot of them have started and stopped. They’ve never been able string together enough time to make real …Continue reading
A lot of people ask me if they should learn to program. They’ve seen that learning to program in 2012 allowed me to launch my new startup, Uncover, just a year later. Mainly I’ve heard from aspiring entrepreneurs who have …Continue reading
The process to understand API development is generally complicated but should become easier with practice. Social networks like Twitter and YouTube offer XML/RSS/JSON feeds without the requirement of an API key. However, other smaller networking websites like Instagram and Etsy …Continue reading
A vanity URL is a search engine optimized (SEO) URL. Instead of having a meaningless URL like http://storeofthefuture.com/products/2015 wouldn’t http://storeofthefuture.com/products/hoverboard be better and more meaningful? It’s fairly straightforward to make URLs nicer in Rails. I’ll walk you through the process. …Continue reading
When I started learning to program back in February 2012 in order to build Uncover, I simply wanted to be able to see my ideas through to a solid prototype that customers could use. Nothing else mattered. I’d watch tutorials, …Continue reading
In this Treehouse Quick Tip, Jason demystifies the concepts behind what a has many :through association is in Ruby on Rails. We’ll figure out what a join table is, how different models fit together, and the syntax needed to make …Continue reading
At Treehouse, we have 6 developers in a team of 50+ people. I’m told that’s unusual for a web-based startup, and that typically the company’s staff (and hence direction) is dominated by a team of developers. There’s good reason for …Continue reading
jQuery, a framework written in JavaScript, offers a simple way to add behavior to websites using the same CSS selectors web developers are familiar with. In other words, you can write less, and do more! Treehouse jQuery teacher Andrew will …Continue reading
This project will walk us through creating a social networking web application with features similar to Facebook. Ruby on Rails is a web application framework which makes it easy and quick to build dynamic web sites.
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