June 24, 2021 in Learn
What is UX Design?
Picture this: you’re about to enter a building in your neighborhood. This could be an office building, a market, a library. Your cell phone buzzes in your pocket, and you’re a bit distracted as you approach the front door. You…
May 14, 2021 in Learn
Course of the Week: Intro to Design Thinking
Get started learning the user-centered methods and mindsets that entire businesses are using to improve their product experiences. “Design Thinking” is a core methodology and practice in User Experience Design. Intro to Design Thinking is a 75 minute course from Treehouse…
February 5, 2021 in Learn
Inclusive Design Series (4 of 4): Design Ethics
Designers, developers, and other folks building products have the power and responsibility to influence how products are made—this is Design Ethics. As you create products, consider: How is it impacting others? Who could be hurt by this product? Who does…
October 30, 2020 in Learn
New course for Techdegree: Day in the Life of a UX Designer
We’re excited to announce Day in the Life of a UX Designer, a new video instruction from Hope Armstrong! This 25-minute session for our UX Design Techdegree goes into detail with two UX Designers, Micah Carroll and Alex Guevara, about what…
October 14, 2020 in Learn
Inclusive Design Series (3 of 4): The Importance of User Research
I’ve spent most of my career working with startups, as the sole designer or alongside a handful of designers. I’ve never worked with a user researcher whose sole focus is on user interviews and usability tests. It can feel intimidating…
July 31, 2020 in Treehouse News
How We Designed and Built the New Treehouse Website
Read how the Treehouse team designed, built, and deployed an all-new website. Learn about the design process and new features!
July 24, 2020 in Learn
16 Examples of Video-Based Web Design (and Why it Succeeds)
With 85% of marketers harnessing the power of the video website, it’s important your video-based web design doesn’t get left behind in 2020. When developing websites in the current year and beyond, video is a key element. If your development…
September 29, 2017 in Learn
Hugo Templates for WordPress Designers
Last year I wrote an article introducing the general concepts behind static site generators. This time around I’d like to dive into some specific (yet still basic) details about a popular static site generator called Hugo, comparing it to its…
September 7, 2016 in Learn
Understanding The New Swift 3 API Design Guidelines
In a previous post, we talked about some of the changes that came with the release of Swift 3. The changes with potentially the largest impact on most developers are the new Swift 3 API Design Guidelines. Seemingly simple at first,…
June 15, 2016 in Community
David Designed, Built and Released a Retro Swift Game App
Designer David Larusso had always wanted to release his own app in the App Store, so when he found Treehouse taught the iOS programming language, Swift, it was the perfect opportunity to give it a shot in his free time….
May 24, 2016 in Learn
A Crash Course in Technical Responsive Web Design
As a technical medium, Responsive Web Design (RWD) requires a working knowledge of the code that makes it work. Designers who ignore the basics fail to understand what browsers can and can’t do. Cascading Stylesheets, or CSS, is the language…
April 22, 2016 in Learn
How to Design a Useful Wireframe
The backbone of a structured digital project, wireframing is one of the earliest and most important design activities. Wireframes allow the team to answer crucial questions about layouts, navigation, visual hierarchy, information architecture, and content priority from the start. In…