May 1, 2013 in Community
Treehouse Dean’s List: Martha Chumo
The Treehouse Dean’s List is back! The Dean’s List feature is our way of highlighting some of the extraordinary students in our community and sharing with the world people who are passionate about learning, bettering themselves and making a difference….
April 30, 2013 in Learn
Sublime Text 2 and Login Forms | Treehouse Show Ep 37
In this episode of The Treehouse Show, Nick Pettit (@nickrp) and Jason Seifer (@jseifer) talk about Sublime Text 2 and Login Forms. Here are the links for the week: Login and Registration Form with HTML5 and CSS3 | Codrops http://tympanus.net/codrops/2012/03/27/login-and-registration-form-with-html5-and-css3/…
April 17, 2013 in Learn
Customize an HTML5 Webpage using the Bootstrap Framework
Many web developers are familiar with Twitter Bootstrap and have seen this library on a number of projects. The Bootstrap core is fantastic when you need a CSS reset along with other common layout features. It may not be the…
April 10, 2013 in Learn
Best jQuery Date Picker Plugins for Input Fields
When building a web form you need to consider a number of factors for your particular application. Many developers will need to handle special data such as the user’s birthday, invoice date, or subscription trial period. These examples could all…
April 4, 2013 in Learn
Most Helpful Webapps & Resources for Building Modern Websites
There is a large number of online resources for developers looking to make better websites. These are all free tools for anybody to use, and they provide an exceptional push forward in quality. Designers have been striving towards a better…
March 27, 2013 in Community
How to Choose Investments and Change the World with Chamath Palihapitiya
Chamath Palihapitiya is the founder of Social+Capital Partnership, a purpose-driven venture capital firm that invests primarily in healthcare, education and financial services . In this interview, Pasan Premaratne talks to Chamath about the reasons behind his investment choices and some…
March 26, 2013 in Learn
Dynamic jQuery Image Avatar Cropping Effect
I can still remember the old digg.com user profiles with dynamic avatar cropping via JavaScript. Their user interface was clean, easy to use, displayed a sample before you cropped, and would auto-update as you changed the selection box. I have…
March 26, 2013 in Learn
SVGs, Dropdowns, and HTML5 Form Elements | Treehouse Show Ep 32
In this episode of The Treehouse Show, Nick Pettit (@nickrp) and Jason Seifer (@jseifer) talk about SVGs, Dropdowns, and HTML5 Form Elements. Here are the links for the week: SPOILER ALERT! http://joshbuddy.github.com/spoiler-alert/ svg.js – A lightweight JavaScript library for manipulating…
March 6, 2013 in Learn
HTML5/CSS3 Image Thumbnail Gallery with Lightbox Effect
The fading lightbox interface has become a staple in many website layouts. This dynamic script was originally based off Lightbox as a pure JavaScript library. Open source developers eventually start playing around with these codes to generate new designs, plugins,…
February 27, 2013 in Learn
Tame WordPress from the Command Line with wp-cli
Some people fear the command line. They view it as the deep, dark underbelly of their computer, far from the familiar comforts of the GUI. A place of great mystery where even the angels fear to tread. But then there…
February 20, 2013 in Learn
Create an Absolute Basic Mobile CSS Responsive Navigation Menu
In this tutorial we will go over the process in coding a very basic CSS responsive navigation menu. We will transform a basic non-list style navigation to a drop down menu using media queries in our stylesheet. There’s no need…
February 18, 2013 in Learn
Take Control of the Box Model with box-sizing
I get asked a lot about the CSS box-sizing property, especially from beginning designers and developers who’ve dealt with broken layouts and misaligned grids. The CSS box model can be a little deceiving and tricky to work with at times,…