September 25, 2014 in Community
Interview: Type Designer Mattox Shuler
I recently interviewed Mattox Shuler, a type designer who runs Fort, his type foundry. Mattox was kind enough to talk to me a bit about his journey to becoming a full-time type designer and his new Treehouse course. MS: Mattox, let me start…
September 24, 2014 in Learn
How to Install Laravel Homestead on Windows
In the first section of the Laravel Basics Course we install Laravel Homestead on OS X. Several of our students have requested that the installation procedure for Laravel Homestead on Windows be shown as well. One of the joys of…
September 22, 2014 in Treehouse News
Treehouse Android App is Now Available
Whoohoo! Our Android app launched. Our new Android app makes learning with Treehouse even more accessible. Watch videos, take quizzes, and complete code challenges directly on your tablet or phone.
September 18, 2014 in Learn
Contributing to Open Source Documentation
Open Source software, languages and frameworks have enriched our lives greatly. In fact we wouldn’t have the web in its current form today without Open Source software. Most of the technologies used for serving, programming and viewing websites are Open…
September 17, 2014 in Treehouse News
New Courses: Learn Swift
We have launched four new courses that will help you learn Swift, the exciting new iOS language. Swift Basics by Amit Bijlani Swift is a new programming language created by Apple to program iOS apps. If you are new to…
September 15, 2014 in Learn
Python One Line for Loops [Tutorial]
Learn in-demand programming skills and become a certified Python Developer with the Treehouse Techdegree Program. Start your free seven days of learning now. Simplify your Python loops If you’re like most programmers, you know that, eventually, once you have an array,…
September 12, 2014 in Learn
Work On An Existing Rails App
Throughout the course of your Rails career, you’re bound to have to work on an existing Rails application. If you’re doing consulting, this can be a process you have to go through time and time again in order to get…
September 8, 2014 in Learn
Customize Ordered Lists with the ::before Pseudo- Element
Web browsers let you customize the look of most aspects of a page using CSS. But when rendering some page elements, web browsers are resistant to your styling efforts. For example, form elements like select menus, radio buttons and checkboxes…
September 8, 2014 in Learn
Behind the Scenes: Android Data Persistence with Evan Anger
In August 2014, Android developer Evan Anger visited the Treehouse studios to shoot a brand new Android course. In this behind-the-scenes sneak peek, Evan discusses his experience teaching on set. Look out for Evan’s “Android Data Persistence” course, coming soon…
September 4, 2014 in Learn
Smarter Sass Mixins with Null
With Sass mixins we’re able to pass a list of arguments to set the values of properties. For example, the following mixin uses four variables as arguments to define the display, padding and margin properties of an element. @mixin display ($disp, $padding, $l-margin, $r-margin)…
September 1, 2014 in Learn
When Should Kids Learn to Code?
A popular question is: when should my child start to learn to code? The answer is, as soon as possible and here’s why. Schools around the world are beginning to implement computer and tablet programs. Instead of hand writing homework,…
August 27, 2014 in Treehouse News
New Course: Advanced Sass
Now that you know the basics of Sass, it’s time to put these new skills to work in the best way possible. Learning the ‘best practices’ for writing Sass will gain you admiration among your peers. There are three sections…