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…
May 12, 2014 in Learn
The Beginner’s Guide to Grids with Zurb Foundation 5
(Flickr photo by Hey Paul) Most modern websites use a grid to visually organize content into columns and rows, and nearly every front-end framework includes a robust grid system. If you’re totally new to front-end frameworks, I also recommend the…
May 12, 2014 in Learn
Beginner’s Guide to a Freelance Web Career
Freelancing as a Web Designer or Developer Means Finding Your First Client. No-Duh, Right? It’s Possibly Harder than It Sounds. If you’ve spent any amount of time online over the last couple years, you’ve probably encountered advertisements or comment spam…
April 29, 2014 in Learn
Noted Illustrator Ben O’Brien Talks About Finding Inspiration, Taking Chances
Ben O’Brien, an Internationally Acclaimed Illustrator, Left College and Taught Himself How to Succeed For Ben O’Brien, a prominent UK illustrator and designer, his career began when he summoned the courage to quit his comfy studio job and go it…
April 29, 2014 in Learn
Flexbox: The Next Generation of CSS Layout Has Arrived
(Stretch your CSS layout options with Flexbox. Flickr photo by Duncan Hull.) Flexbox is a totally new set of CSS properties that allows designers to create flexible layouts. This is great news for responsive design because it dramatically reduces the complexity of…
April 23, 2014 in Learn
Can Computer Programming Boost Your Brain Power?
Brains Are Like Muscles, and Tackling Complex Skills Like Web Development May Help Strengthen Them Learning how to program for the first time was a challenge for Adam Waxman. He worked as a full-time investment banking analyst in Atlanta, but…
April 17, 2014 in Learn
Do You Really Need a Computer Science Degree?
(Options beyond a degree are important. Flickr photo by Faruk Ateş) Most electronic devices use software and most businesses are backed with software, whether on computers or in the cloud. All this requires software and web development. The good news for…
April 14, 2014 in Learn
The Beginner’s Guide to Ratchet: a Mobile Web App Framework
Ratchet is a front-end framework for building mobile web apps in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Ratchet 2.0 was recently released, so it’s a good time to start learning how to build Ratchet apps. If you just want to see Ratchet in…
April 8, 2014 in Learn
How I Rapidly Prototype Websites
(Photo by Andrés Nieto Porras/Flickr) Treehouse students will often ask me which mockup tool I use to prototype websites, and my response is almost always the same: pencil and paper. I feel like when I give this answer, there’s a small…
April 3, 2014 in Learn
How to Evaluate Front-End Code for Inefficiencies
There’s more to writing good front-end code than knowing every HTML tag, CSS selector, or the latest front-end features and techniques. And as I mentioned in a recent blog post, writing good code takes a lot of patience and practice….
March 25, 2014 in Community
Q&A With Sam Soffes: Learning How to Make an iPhone Photo-Browsing App
What’s more fun than photo-bombing? How about learning to build a mobile app that displays your favorite forays into photography mischievousness? Not into photo-bombing? How about cute puppy photos? Family vacation shots? Your vast collection of selfies? If so, guest…