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September 8, 2015 in Learn
Image effects in the Unity game engine can have a big impact on the look of your game. A bloom effect can turn harsh lighting into a warm sunny day, or an effect like color correction can make a landscape look…
September 1, 2015 in Learn
The thought of making a video game can be daunting. There’s code to write, 3D assets to model and texture, sound design, music, gameplay, voice acting, multiplayer, platform integration, marketing, bugs to patch… The list never seems to end. It…
August 6, 2015 in Treehouse News
We are so excited to grow our team of Treehouse teachers and have four new teachers to introduce to you! These amazing individuals will help us bring more content to you in a few topics, as well as offer a…
July 13, 2015 in Treehouse News
The Treehouse Show is coming to an end. Episode 149 will be available tomorrow, and the final episode will be available on Tuesday, July 21st, 2015. Here’s an announcement video that announces this announcement. After 150 episodes shot over 3…
June 22, 2015 in Learn
Learning to code can be so daunting. There are so many languages to choose from, new technologies are constantly arising, and the amount of information to take in can be overwhelming. This feeling can really bring down the budding developer,…
May 26, 2015 in Learn
You might’ve heard that the word “OK” is the most globally recognized phrase in the world. It’s found in almost every spoken language from Arabic to Zulu. In the programming world, we have something similar: Regular Expressions. Regular Expressions, or…
May 26, 2015 in Learn
Note: You can download the following post as a Playground! One of the more powerful features introduced in Swift was generic programming, or generics for short. Generic code allows you to write flexible, reusable functions and types while still maintaining the…
January 13, 2015 in Learn
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for another episode of The Treehouse Show! This week, hosts Nick Pettit and Jason Seifer explore accessibility on the web, drag and drop interaction ideas, emojis, and scrolling. Watch this week’s episode for free…
December 31, 2014 in Learn
SVG, or Scalable Vector Graphics, is an XML markup language for creating two-dimensional images using vectors. Unlike JPEG and PNG, SVG is not raster-based, and doesn’t use pixels. This means SVG images can have an infinite level of detail, but…
December 18, 2014 in Learn
One of the best ways to create fast websites is to optimize images for the web. HTML, CSS, JavaScripts, and fonts can add up, but nothing will slow a page down like tons of unoptimized graphics. In my experience, images tend to…
December 15, 2014 in Learn
In the real world there are objects we interact with everyday. We have objects in code, too. That’s because as programming evolves, it comes closer and closer to how we behave and think in the real world. There are two…
November 26, 2014 in Treehouse News
New Courses: Build an Interactive Story App In this course we will build a simple choose-your-own-adventure story app, complete with fantastic illustrations. We will model our story and introduce the Model-View-Controller pattern, and we will learn about getting input from…