September 1, 2015 in Treehouse News
Go Back to School With Treehouse
The months have flown by and summer is coming to an end, but with all endings, come exciting new beginnings, and this month that means it’s Back to School Time! You don’t have to be starting a new school year…
September 1, 2015 in Learn
How to be a Resourceful Indie Game Developer
The thought of making a video game can be daunting. There’s code to write, 3D assets to model and texture, sound design, music, gameplay, voice acting, multiplayer, platform integration, marketing, bugs to patch… The list never seems to end. It…
August 27, 2015 in Learn
Passing the Google Interview, Without a Computer Science Degree
Parker Phinney founded Interview Cake, an interactive practice tool for preparing for coding interviews. He’s focused on shining a light on the black box of the algorithm design process, showing people how to reason their way to the best solutions….
August 21, 2015 in Community
After Three Months of Learning With Treehouse, Nicholas Left His Dead-end Job For a Rewarding Career in The Web Industry
After four years in the Army, Nicholas Suddarth fell into the IT industry where he worked for almost 10 years. In early 2015, 33-year-old Nicholas found himself uninspired by his dead-end career in technical sales support. He…
August 18, 2015 in Learn
React: The Hype is Real
I haven’t been so excited since the early days of jQuery. React is a JavaScript library initially developed by Instagram/Facebook for building user interfaces. Since it has received a lot of attention recently with companies like Netflix, Walmart, Tesco, Airbnb…
August 17, 2015 in Learn
When is a User Story “Done?”— Acceptance Criteria and the Definition of “Done”
Have you ever worked on a team that struggled with getting things “done?” Not just “pretty much done,” but, “really done.” I mean, the kind of “done” where the work matches the expectations, the code has been tested, bugs have…
August 14, 2015 in Community
Inner City Hope USA Uses Treehouse to Teach Students to Code and Guide Them Towards Life-Changing Careers
Inner City Hope USA is an inspiring new program offering high school computer programming and design courses to America’s inner-city youth to help guide them towards high-paying and meaningful careers in the tech industry. For the launch of their pilot…
August 6, 2015 in Treehouse News
Meet Our Newest Teachers!
We are so excited to grow our team of Treehouse teachers and have four new teachers to introduce to you! These amazing individuals will help us bring more content to you in a few topics, as well as offer a…
July 29, 2015 in Community
From Customer Service to Back-End Web Development, Nicole Found Success with Treehouse
Nicole worked in customer service, but in her free time enjoyed personal nerddom, playing around with consumer technology and building things. Inspired by these interests, Nicole decided to register for an on-campus Computer Science course but quickly found the course…
July 17, 2015 in Community
Dawid Quit His Full-Time Job and Teamed Up With Two Friends to Start a Successful Software Lab
After graduating from university, Dawid took a full-time job as a junior Java developer at one of the world’s largest rail equipment manufacturers. However, he soon realized that the position wasn’t a great fit for him. Instead, Dawid was inspired…
June 26, 2015 in Treehouse News
Want to Teach for Treehouse?
Our teachers are amazing. They write their own course content and code challenges. They deliver their lessons on camera with personality. It’s not the easiest job to be found in tech. It requires someone who thrives in an environment of…
June 25, 2015 in Learn
How to Create a Stunning Site Hero Image in 5 Minutes or Less
Hero images are everywhere these days. You’ve probably seen them front and center in websites for apps, magazines, stores and pretty much every other product category. And with good reason: these large background images are often successful at capturing a…