July 13, 2016 in Community
From Optical Assistant to Front End Developer: an Interview with Ian Rushton
At 27-years-old, Ian was as an optical assistant unable to progress any further with his career. He had a degree in Economics but had found himself disinterested in working in a related field, which is why he’d pursued a career…
June 24, 2016 in Learn
What Types of Developers Are There?
If you’re interested in making a career change and joining the tech industry, adding programming to your skill set or are just curious about the job opportunities for web developers, here’s a high-level overview to get you started. This isn’t…
June 21, 2016 in Learn
Getting Started with Static Sites
You may have heard the buzz about so-called “static” websites. In this post, I’ll tell you what they are, what’s the big deal, and what you need to know to build one. The First Static Sites In the early years…
May 20, 2016 in Community
Jacob’s Story: Discovering a New Career Path in Tech
Jacob was an unemployed college grad struggling to find a job. The interviews he was getting had no relevance to the 4 years he’d put towards his degree, so Jacob decided to reevaluate his career path. He chose to prepare…
April 11, 2016 in Community
Kyle’s Story: Building a Valuable Online Resource For My High School
14-year-old Kyle was drawn to the endless opportunities to create and share on the web. In the 8th-grade he began to dive into coding and built a basic website, Study Central for his fellow students to share study guides….
March 30, 2016 in Community
Amanda’s Story: Turning a High School Passion into a Career
A basic web design class in high school introduced Amanda to a passion for the web. However, it wasn’t until 10 years later, when Amanda was stuck in a dead end job that she decided to go back…
February 24, 2016 in Community
Ashley’s Story: From Currency Consultant to Front End Developer
Ashley Harpp first joined Treehouse while working as a currency consultant at the airport. Feeling she’d reached the peak of that career, she wanted a big change. Ashley always had a fascination for the web and wanted to learn to…
February 16, 2016 in Learn
HTML and CSS: Still Relevant for Designers
If you’re a designer trying to stay current you may be feeling some pressure to learn one of the many new web programming languages that are “hot” right now (React, Angular, etc.). Not only because these languages are gaining in…
February 1, 2016 in Learn
How to Deploy a Static Website to Heroku
Heroku is a cloud application platform that allows developers to deploy dynamic applications in Rails, PHP, Node.js and Python web applications. This platform can also help with managing and scaling apps, and is incredibly user-friendly. Before Using Heroku In order…
January 21, 2016 in Community
In Less Than a Year, Mark Leveled Up His Career From Tech Support to Web Developer
From a young age, Mark had an appreciation for computers. But, it wasn’t until his late 20s – when he began to see what could be done online with modern technologies – that the web caught his interest. Mark was…
January 13, 2016 in Learn
Why You Should Commit to Learning with Open Source
Chances are you’ve probably encountered the term “Open Source” before. Open Source Software, or OSS, is a kind of software that whose code is made available for everyone to read. Depending on the license, you can most likely reuse it…
January 11, 2016 in Community
5 Treehouse Students Who Found Tech Jobs in Less than a Year
One of the best things about Treehouse is you get to set your own schedule because all of the courses are on demand. This means that you can learn at an accelerated pace if you have the time, and want…