October 30, 2013 in Learn
Code a Simple Github API Webapp using jQuery & Ajax
The online development tool Github has been around for a few years now. It provides online Git repository hosting for projects written in any common programming language. Over time their online API has gone through a few changes with the…
October 28, 2013 in Learn
There’s more than one way to mockup a website.
You’ve probably seen PSD to HTML advertisements around the web. If you type “PSD to HTML” into your favorite search engine, you’ll find lots of companies that will turn your Photoshop mockup into code. You’ll also find innumerable tutorials that demonstrate…
October 25, 2013 in Learn
Building a Synthesizer with the Web Audio API
One of the coolest APIs to hit the web in recent years is the Web Audio API. This allows you to create, load and manipulate audio directly in the browser; as well as perform a whole load of other functions…
October 24, 2013 in Learn
Thinking Ahead: Multi-Resolution Images with srcset
Developing for high-resolution displays often requires different image resources for each image. Because of this, there’s been a need for a more standard way of serving responsive content images – ones that adapt to different resolutions and viewport sizes. What…
October 18, 2013 in Learn
How to WebSockets [Complete Guide]
If you’re looking to take your programming skills to another level, Treehouse offers unlimited access to a variety of courses starting at $25/month. Try our program out with a free seven-day trial today. In this blog post we’re going to…
October 17, 2013 in Learn
The Kano Model
Every product maker that I know wants to create products that delight their customers, yet not every product does this. Why? Products are often less than delightful for a number of reasons, but a common one is that the product…
October 15, 2013 in Learn
How To Code a Sortable Table with jQuery
There is a small handful of free open source jQuery plugins to help organize special tables. More specifically these plugins offer unique & dynamic functionality such as pagination, row highlighting, and column sorting. The ability to sort your data is…
October 10, 2013 in Learn
Building an HTML5 Text Editor with the FileSystem APIs
In recent years we have seen the introduction of a whole new set of APIs that aim to give developers the power to store data on a user’s machine. In this blog post you are going to learn how to…
October 9, 2013 in Learn
Git Basics
Whether you’re new to development, a seasoned developer, or even a front end designer, using a version control system is important. That’s why we were so excited to add Git Basics to the Treehouse library a few weeks ago. Git…
October 9, 2013 in Learn
How to Project Manage Part-time People
A little backstory: I began learning to program in early 2012 to build my new startup. In starting my company, I took two atypical approaches: I wanted to learn to program to build the first version and I decided to…
October 8, 2013 in Learn
Popular Web Design Trends for Responsive Navigation
The process of creating a great responsive layout includes many factors. Fluid-width designs are similar, but not always built with mobile devices in mind. Any typical responsive web design is going to feature staple elements you’d expect to find in…
October 7, 2013 in Learn
Introducing Using PHP with MySQL
We’re really excited to announce our latest Treehouse project, Using PHP with MySQL. We hope you enjoy it! In this project, we’ll extend the Shirts 4 Mike project that we developed in Build a Simple PHP Application and Enhancing a…