May 12, 2015 in Learn
Getting Started with TypeScript
TypeScript is JavaScript with optional typing. TypeScript is a compiled language, it’s not interpreted at run-time. The TypeScript compiler takes TypeScript files (.ts) and compiles them in to JavaScript files (.js). If you want to know why you should be…
May 6, 2015 in Learn
Intro to Neat — A Semantic Sass Grid
Mobile devices came to conquer the planet, and they won. Well . . . mobile devices at least seem to dominate the way in which we access the Web. As a result of the mobile revolution, we no longer have…
May 4, 2015 in Learn
Why TypeScript is Hot Now, and Looking Forward
It’s never been a better time to be a JavaScript developer! JavaScript is everywhere now – it’s on the front and back-end of a website, and many desktop text editors are powered by JavaScript. In fact you can build a…
May 1, 2015 in Learn
Helpful Resources for Android Animations
Engineers are often chastised for valuing function over form. For example, if a button’s purpose is to show something new on the screen, why would someone want to spend time making the new item animate smoothly into position when she or he can…
February 4, 2015 in Learn
WordPress Hooks: Actions, Filters, and Examples
Hooks in WordPress allow developers to easily tie their own code in with the WordPress core code base, themes, and plugins. In this article, we’ll discover what hooks are, go over the different types of hooks, and look at a few…
February 3, 2015 in Learn
Nested Routes in Laravel 4
As a continuation of the Laravel Basics course here at Treehouse, I want to extend our todo lists example to have todo list items with nested restful routing. Let’s take a look at the URL patterns for our todo lists by…
February 2, 2015 in Learn
How to Add a Navigation Drawer in Android
Android now includes a component that makes it very easy to add a navigation drawer to an app that the user can slide in from the side. I first remember seeing this in the Facebook app in iOS, and I…
February 2, 2015 in Treehouse News
New Courses: CSS, PHP, and Ruby
Here’s a look at the newest courses now available at Treehouse! CSS Selectors In this course taught by our resident CSS expert, Guil Hernandez, you’ll go beyond the basic selector concepts covered in CSS Basics. Besides the common ways to…
January 28, 2015 in Learn
Want to Get More Out of Python? Join the Community!
One of the best things about Python isn’t the language or the huge number of packages waiting to be used, it’s the welcoming nature of the community. If you’re looking for a community that will be accepting, uplifting, and continue…
January 26, 2015 in Treehouse News
New at Treehouse: Swift, Python, and Future of Web Apps
It’s a new week, and that means new courses and more are now available at Treehouse! Build a Playlist Browser with Swift Time for a brand new Swift course! In this project, Pasan Premaratne will teach you how to build…
January 20, 2015 in Learn
Creating a Today Extension with iOS 8
One of the interesting new features introduced with iOS 8 this past WWDC was Extensions. In this post, we’re going to learn how to create a simple extension for an existing app. Now, before we get into the nitty gritty…
January 15, 2015 in Learn
How to Install Node.js and NPM on Linux
JavaScript is everywhere. From its birthplace in the Netscape browser in the mid-nineties, it’s made its way into all modern web browsers, onto mobile phones, and into electronics to make full-fledged web applications on the server-side with Node.js. Node.js is…