September 16, 2020 in Learn
Unlock the Value of Minority/Women Owned Business Certification
At Treehouse, we value empowerment through education. That includes sharing resources that can benefit our clients—like how to get your business M/WBE certified, and offering support to those who have that certification. While we already work with many businesses, large…
September 10, 2020 in Learn
Introducing the WCAG Principles
In my introductory blog post on Accessibility , I mentioned that the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is broken up into four accessibility principles: Perceivable Operable Understandable Robust These four principles are then divided into thirteen accessibility guidelines. Each WCAG…
September 8, 2020 in Learn
What is Toxic Positivity, and what does it have to do with suicide prevention?
This week is National Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 6th- 12th). This is a very important week for me, as I’m sure it is for many of you and our employees at Treehouse. Before I dive in, I want to acknowledge…
September 3, 2020 in Learn
Inclusive Design Series (2 of 4): The Limitations (and Possibilities) of Empathy
Throughout user research and UX design in general, empathy is a guiding force. “Put yourself in the user’s shoes to understand their perspective,” they say. While you can empathize with a user, you have not shared the same lived experiences….
August 27, 2020 in Learn
Python Comprehensions
Are you looking to step up your Python game? Comprehensions are a great way to reduce the amount of code needed to create new sequences (like lists, sets, and dictionaries) using a sequence that has already been defined. While these…
August 14, 2020 in Learn
Our Plan to Open-Source the Treehouse Apprenticeship Program
Back in June, as protests were erupting across the country, we made a promise to open source our Apprenticeship Framework. Now more than ever, it is important to be firmly anti-racist and use our power and privilege to open doors…
July 30, 2020 in Learn
Web Accessibility: An Introduction
Throughout my career as a web design and development educator, I’ve noticed a consistent lack of attention paid to Accessibility principles in both college and bootcamp curriculum. The results of a 2018 WebAIM global survey of web accessibility practitioners was…
July 27, 2020 in Learn
Inclusive Design Series (1 of 4): When Products Aren’t Inclusive
When you design a product, it’s natural that your own biases will impact it. Biases are a feature of human cognition that we cannot control, but we can control how we act upon them. As a cis-gendered white woman, my…
July 24, 2020 in Learn
16 Examples of Video-Based Web Design (and Why it Succeeds)
With 85% of marketers harnessing the power of the video website, it’s important your video-based web design doesn’t get left behind in 2020. When developing websites in the current year and beyond, video is a key element. If your development…
July 21, 2020 in Learn
A Guide To Python For Beginners
A Guide to Python for Beginners Python is one of the first languages many programmers learn as it is both simple and versatile. Python syntax is said to resemble English, which speaks to how easy it is to read and…
July 2, 2020 in Learn
Compass + Custom Tracks = <3
You have a team in need of technical training. At the end of the day, they need to know and understand the tools in your tech stack. Different colleagues have different levels of knowledge on different topics, so how are…
June 26, 2020 in Learn
Python vs. JavaScript Comparison for 2020
Programming in a new language can feel unfamiliar, intimidating, and tricky to navigate at first. There are new rules, syntax, and nuances to learn. I recently started learning Python again after years of programming in JavaScript. After diving back in…