August 7, 2017 in Business Resources
10 ways to showcase elearning progress at work
Online learning is one of the most effective and flexible modes of technical training, allowing learners to access course material and hands-on practice whenever and wherever they have time. The only downside to elearning is the hidden nature of learning accomplishments…
July 31, 2017 in Learn
Should I Learn Kotlin or Java?
With Android officially adopting Kotlin as a supported language, there’s one question that every new Android developer should be asking themselves: should I learn Kotlin or Java? Rather than burying the answer all the way at the bottom… in my mind,…
July 27, 2017 in Learn
Don’t be Afraid to Break Your Code (Everyone Does)
Our instinct tells us that things shouldn’t be broken, but when it comes to coding, reverse that thought process. Regardless of what type (and level) of developer you are, coding relies on using a programming language to solve a problem, so naturally…
July 26, 2017 in Business Resources
Build Engagement and Curiosity into Your Training Programs
Effective professional development begins and ends with employee engagement. A learning program that connects learning to their career goals and has clear structures and organizational visibility can sustain itself for years. As you start to outline your technical training programs, here are…
July 24, 2017 in Learn
Goroutines Make Concurrency (Almost) Easy
A program that supports concurrency can carry out several operations at the same time. That’s especially important on today’s multi-core computer processors. A program that uses 4 cores at once could theoretically run almost 4 times as fast (well, for…
July 19, 2017 in Learn
How Do You Prepare for Your First Job in Tech?
Searching for a job is a skill that can be learned, just like we can learn to create apps or design a website’s layout. That’s why we decided to create job search content for the Techdegree. Starting soon, the Techdegree…
July 18, 2017 in Learn
Prepare for Google’s Associate Android Developer Certification Exam with Treehouse
I applied to teach at Treehouse five years ago with a singular goal in mind: create high-quality training material to help people learn how to make Android apps. App development was still relatively new in early 2012, and I saw…
July 14, 2017 in Treehouse News
What’s New on the Treehouse Blog
Each week we publish new content for you here on the Treehouse Blog. From free tutorials and helpful coding tips to student success stories and tech industry insights, the Treehouse team is here to give you a weekly dose of web…
July 13, 2017 in Community
98k Treehouse Points & Counting: Jennifer Nordell’s Coding Story
A few months ago, Treehouse student and moderator, Jennifer Nordell, caught our eye in the Treehouse Community. Not only had she worked her way through a phenomenal number of courses, she was also an incredibly active and valuable member of…
July 7, 2017 in Treehouse News
Learn Entity Framework at Treehouse
So you’ve mastered the basics of creating web pages and forms using Microsoft’s ASP.NET MVC web framework. What do you do next? Time to learn how to leverage the power of databases in your web apps! What is Entity Framework?…
July 6, 2017 in Community
Navy Veteran to Software Developer: Geno Guerrero’s Operation Code Story
This week, we’re sharing our interviews with members from one of our Treehouse Scholarship recipient organizations, Operation Code, a non-profit that helps military veterans and their families launch new careers in software development. So far, we’ve heard from Operation Code’s…
July 5, 2017 in Community
From Marine Corps Veteran to Front End Developer: Billy Le’s Operation Code Story
Since the launch of the Treehouse Scholarship program last year, we’ve got to know the founders of non-profit organizations and been introduced to some incredibly inspiring scholarship recipients. Over the last few weeks, we’ve had the opportunity to speak to some of the…