June 18, 2014 in Learn
Get Started Working with APIs
The web makes finding and sharing information easy. In fact, the web’s success is largely due to how easy it is to find things. Instructions for repairing a car, the weather in a city you’re going to visit tomorrow, and…
June 17, 2014 in Learn
Understanding Optionals in Swift
When Apple introduced Swift they talked about three main things they set out to achieve: safe, modern and powerful. One such power feature is called optional. Most language features exist to solve a problem and naturally optional was created to…
June 12, 2014 in Learn
14 of the Best Developer and Designer Job Boards
Treehouse wants you to find a job. We want to teach you new skills and then help you find a job to match those skills. To help you do that we have recently launched our Career Resources section which offers…
June 12, 2014 in Treehouse News
Treehouse Now Accepts Bitcoin!
We’re excited to announce that as of today we will be accepting Bitcoin via Coinbase as one of our payment options. Woohoo! As one of the fastest growing payment methods, Bitcoin will give more people across the world the opportunity to learn with…
June 11, 2014 in Learn
Box-Sizing: The Secret to Simple CSS Layouts
(Photograph from Flickr user Rachel Kramer) Box-sizing is a CSS property that makes CSS layouts work intuitively. If you’ve been working with CSS for any period of time, you know that using properties like width, padding, and border can be confusing….
June 9, 2014 in Learn
An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Swift
Update: We’re excited to announce that Treehouse has launched its Learn Swift courses! Learn Swift basics, Swift functions, and build two real apps with Swift. Learn more about our Swift courses. Why Swift? In case you haven’t heard, Apple just…
June 6, 2014 in Learn
How to Land your First Development Job
Andrew Chalkley, our jQuery course teacher, talks candidly about how his lack of college education made him feel unworthy until he realised that his ‘real world’ experience was worth more than he thought. I’m a self-taught programmer with no degree….
June 3, 2014 in Learn
Parallax Scrolling and E-Mail Design
It’s Tuesday which means that the Treehouse Show is back! In episode 93 of The Treehouse Show, Nick (@nickrp) and Jason (@jseifer) talk about parallax scrolling, the Pictuefill project for picture element polyfills, projects to refine your CSS, and more….
June 2, 2014 in Learn
The 2014 Guide to Responsive Web Design
(Image from Flickr user Davidd) Responsive web design has changed a lot over the last few years. Front end development teacher, Nick Pettit updates you on all that’s changed when it comes to making websites work on mobile devices. Responsive…
May 27, 2014 in Learn
Tips for Debugging HTML & CSS
(Image from Flickr user Kevin Dooley) Debugging HTML and CSS problems can really ruin your creative momentum, but they’re inevitable when building almost any web project. It’s annoying when you’re designing a page and suddenly you notice that something isn’t quite aligned right…
May 22, 2014 in Learn
Sketchbook Spy: Ken Wong, Monument Valley
Ken Wong, the designer who worked on the phenomenally successful game, Monument Valley, takes time out to show us his sketchbook and chat about how he put the game together. Monument Valley is a departure in iOS game design, focusing…
May 14, 2014 in Community
Dean’s List: Jessica Sideways
The Dean’s List feature is our way of highlighting some of the extraordinary students in the Treehouse community and sharing with the world people who are passionate about learning, bettering themselves and making a difference. This edition of the Dean’s…