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!
Updated on May 9, 2026 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…
Updated on October 5, 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…
Updated on 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,…
Updated on June 29, 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….
Updated on November 16, 2022 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…
Updated on June 28, 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…
Updated on September 21, 2017 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…
Updated on April 12, 2018 in Learn
Soft Skills for UX Designers
Question: What is the most important skill needed for a UX Designer to be effective today? High-fidelity prototyping wizardry Strong visual design chops Knack for removing the inessential Fluency in HTML/CSS/Javascript/React Answer: None of the above. The most important skill,…
Updated on November 9, 2015 in Learn
Animation and Motion Design at Treehouse: Process and Workflow
Hi, I’m Jake, a Motion Designer here at Treehouse. We use a lot of animation and motion, and some of you have been asking to learn more about it in our Community forums. This post is intended to give you…
Updated on February 23, 2016 in Learn
Mindset: Developer vs Designer
To understand the nuances of what it means to be a developer or a designer let’s take a walk down memory lane and end with where we’re at today. A Little Bit of History When I started dabbling with HTML…
Updated on September 15, 2015 in Community
Ricky is a High School Senior With a Successful Freelance Web Design and Development Business
In his freshman year of high school, Ricky built a basic website for a friend running for class president. By the time he joined Treehouse, he still only had a basic knowledge of HTML but knew he wanted to master web…