February 13, 2013 in Learn
SVG Path Animation with jQuery and Illustrator
As technology in the web moves forward we are offered new tools to build amazing web applications. Scalable Vector Graphics or SVG’s have been gaining traction in the past year or so as most browsers handle the image file extension…
February 7, 2013 in Community
Dean's List: Graham Davidson
The Treehouse Dean’s List is where we highlight some of our extraordinary members in the community and share with the world people who are passionate about learning, bettering themselves and making a difference. This edition of the Dean’s List features…
February 5, 2013 in Learn
Getting Started with Customer Development for Your Startup
Treehouse’s own CEO, Ryan Carson, wrote a post on the Treehouse blog recently about an experience he had of “getting out of the building.” It was one of those classic examples that all the best Customer Development books have, of…
February 1, 2013 in Learn
Find Your Dream Job in 3 Steps
A big part of our mission at Treehouse is to help our members start new careers in the tech industry. Our curriculum focuses on job-ready skills that are applicable to the real-world, and if members are interested, we’ll help them…
January 29, 2013 in Learn
Create a Themable Button Set with Sass
If you have yet to give Sass a try, don’t worry, this is a good place to start. And if you haven’t already read Andrew’s primer on Sass, give it a read for a better understanding of what we’ll be…
January 28, 2013 in Learn
How To Create HTML5/CSS3 Columns for All Browsers
There are many techniques you may follow to create generic HTML5/CSS3 website layouts. Designers often talk in terms of columns such as 2-col or 3-col styles. There are many CSS libraries based around grid design which also allows for easy…
January 18, 2013 in Learn
I Have an Idea for a Killer App, but Where Do I Start?
You know the signs: you can’t stop thinking about it as you fall asleep at night. Your mind wanders back to it when you know you should be concentrating on your work that currently pays the bills. You’re even a…
January 16, 2013 in Learn
The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Sass
What is Sass? Sass stands for Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets Sass, and was created by Hampton Catlin. It’s a way to simplify your CSS workflow, making development and maintenance tasks easier. For instance, have you ever had to do a find-and-replace…
January 14, 2013 in Learn
Creating Responsive Websites with Photo Backgrounds
The trend of large photographic backgrounds has become very popular in recent years. The improvement of Internet connections has allowed more data transfer per second, which means images can load a lot quicker in real-time. There are also plenty of…
January 7, 2013 in Learn
Using Microdata to Markup Structured Data in Your Web Pages
The websites that we build are full of data about people, places, products and more. As designers we work very hard to present data to our users in an easily comprehensible and aesthetically pleasing way. However what we often don’t…
January 2, 2013 in Learn
Learn A New Programming Language Every Year
It’s that time of year again, when many of us are making New Year’s resolutions to lose weight, quit smoking, get out of debt, or make any number of other changes. Instead of setting resolutions to keep, I prefer to…
December 19, 2012 in Learn
Adding Desktop Notifications to Your Web Applications
The new Notifications API gives you the ability to launch desktop notifications directly from your web applications. This can be very useful for updating user’s with key information, particularly in AJAX applications where you may have HTTP requests taking place…