July 26, 2022 in Learn
Dark Mode In CSS
How often do you find yourself on a website or app looking for a toggle for dark mode? Most apps now-a-days, like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, & Snapchat just to name a few, use some sort of dark mode feature. Implementing…
June 7, 2022 in Learn
Gulp for Beginners
Setting up gulp using gulp.js Introduction to gulp.js What is gulp? According to their homepage (gulpjs.com), it’s a toolkit to automate & enhance your workflow. What exactly does that mean? Well, for medium to large-sized projects you may want to have a…
May 20, 2022 in Learn
How to Load an Image With Async JavaScript
There may come a time where you want to download an image in the background instead of seeing it load like this… …have it load like this: Overview Whether you have an image gallery with high-res images, or you’re creating…
May 20, 2022 in Learn
Flask vs. Django – Which Framework to Learn First?
As a beginning coder, you’ve likely heard that Python is known as one of the easiest programming languages to learn. It has a number of web frameworks to help you build functional and scalable websites and applications. Django and Flask…
May 12, 2022 in Learn
7 Best Node.js Project Ideas for Beginners
Note: This post was edited on 10/8/20 to more accurately reflect Node.js’ possibilities! Thanks to Treehouse Instructor Reggie Williams for the updates. Node.js is a completely free, open source server platform. Not only is it used for making simple websites,…
May 12, 2022 in Learn
Getting Started with TypeScript (with Examples)
TypeScript is a programming language that is great for large-scale JavaScript projects. It’s essentially JavaScript with optional typing, and because it’s a compiled language, it’s not interpreted on run-time. The TypeScript compiler takes TypeScript files (.ts) and compiles them in to…
April 5, 2022 in Learn
Front-End vs. Back-End vs. Full Stack Developers: What’s the Difference?
The functionality of a website depends on two vital areas — the front-end and the back-end. Three categories of developers — the front-end, back-end, and full-stack developers — operate these areas to create sleek, professional websites and applications. From 2020…
May 17, 2021 in Learn
It’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
On May 20, 2021, Treehouse joins in the celebration of the tenth Global Accessibility Awareness Day, or GAAD. Source: ucsd.edu According to the Global Accessibility Awareness Day website, The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning…
May 7, 2021 in Learn
Beginning JavaScript
JavaScript Basics is the best beginner course for JavaScript at Treehouse. JavaScript is the world’s most popular programming language. What is JavaScript? JavaScript is a programming language that drives the web: from front-end user interface design to server-side backend programming,…
May 6, 2021 in Learn
The Problem With Zoom’s New “Captions”
On February 24, 2021, Zoom announced it was making live transcription available on free accounts. Prior to this announcement, Zoom’s captions were available only to paid users. If users dependent on captions couldn’t afford a paid account, they were excluded…
April 22, 2021 in Learn
Your Introduction to HTML and CSS
Get started creating web pages with HTML and CSS, the basic building blocks of web development. Introduction to HTML & CSS is a 134 minute course from Treehouse teacher Treasure Porth that teaches HTML and CSS for beginners. HTML, or…
April 15, 2021 in Learn
Become a Python Expert
Python Basics is a popular course at Treehouse, and one that we recommend to all of our students. It’s the best way to learn Python for beginners. Why you should learn Python There are a number of popular programming languages…