Updated on October 14, 2017 in Community
In Less Than a Year, Laurie’s Career Aspirations Became a Reality
Laurie’s personal interest with the web industry came from running WordPress sites using purchased themes and finding himself intrigued by how everything worked. He had no background in the web but reached a stage where he decided to embrace his…
Updated on September 15, 2015 in Learn
Keeping Up With Java
Java is one of those languages that you’ve probably met at some point or another. It’s everywhere. From large enterprise applications like Salesforce to introductory programming classes at university to Android apps on your phone, Java is like your reliable…
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…
Updated on August 1, 2018 in Learn
How to Use Image Effects in Unity
Image effects in the Unity game engine can have a big impact on the look of your game. A bloom effect can turn harsh lighting into a warm sunny day, or an effect like color correction can make a landscape look…
September 2, 2015 in Learn
What Every Junior iOS Developer Needs to Know
Developing apps for iOS has been a growing sector for some time. The versatility and ubiquity of the iPhone and iPad gave scores of developers a chance to bring their wild ideas to life and parade them in front of…
Updated on 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…
Updated on August 6, 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…
Updated on August 3, 2015 in Learn
5 Reasons Why You Should Learn Django
Django Girls Installathon at Treehouse headquarters in Portland, Ore., July 17, 2015. (Kenneth Love) I recently released Treehouse’s first Django course. So, I thought it might be a good idea to talk about why you’d choose Django over other frameworks. Django is my favorite framework…
Updated on November 14, 2022 in Learn
Thinking Ahead: CSS Scroll Snap Points
CSS recently introduced a scroll snap points feature that gives users a fluid and precise scrolling experience for touch and input devices. There are plenty of jQuery plugins available that create scroll snap effects. But instead of installing a plugin…
Updated on September 11, 2023 in Learn
Learn How: Programmatically Open File Downloads in a New Window with JavaScript
Have you ever wanted a way to update all file download links on your site to have the behavior of opening a new browser window? This is a better user flow than having the user follow the link and then…
Updated on October 4, 2023 in Learn
How to Create Static Pages in Rails
Have you ever wanted to create static pages in Rails? These are pages that don’t necessarily contain any dynamic info or pull from the database and don’t require an entire controller. While some pre-built gems allow this to be done…
Updated on July 6, 2015 in Learn
An Introduction to the Rails Command
If you’ve worked with a Rails application, you’ve used the rails command. In this post, we’re going to go in depth with the rails command and find out what it does. For the purposes of this post, placeholder text will…