Updated on April 3, 2025 in Learn
New College Credit Courses From Treehouse
Treehouse is excited to share a game-changing opportunity for students looking to advance their education while saving time and money! We have partnered with UPI to offer college credit courses, making it easier than ever to earn transferable credits while…
Updated on May 12, 2026 in Learn
Increase Site Performance With CSS Hardware Acceleration
Did you know that we can hardware-accelerate graphics-intensive CSS features by offloading them to the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) for better rendering performance in the browser? Computers have graphics cards suitable for CSS hardware acceleration. Because of this, we can…
Updated on January 19, 2023 in Learn
How to Use the Double Ampersand Selector in Sass
The Sass ampersand (&) symbol is used to reference the parent selector in a nested rule. For example, the following targets .btn on :hover: .btn { … &:hover { background: dodgerblue; } } We can also place the & after…
Updated on May 11, 2026 in Learn
How to Memorize Codes: Tips & Tricks
One of the most common questions I get from students is: “What’s the best way to retain what I’m learning?” Students may think they understand the lessons and concepts being taught, but later struggle putting it all into practice. Writing…
Updated on May 11, 2026 in Learn
Animated Hamburger Menu
Hamburger menus are great for toggling a mobile navigation. Adding slick animations to show the open or closed state can be tricky but I will explain how this can be done pretty easily. Let’s get started. 😎 If video tutorials…
Updated on May 11, 2026 in Career Advice
Front-End vs. Back-End: The Complete Guide
When you first decide to begin your coding journey — and maybe even pursue a career in web development — it can be difficult to understand industry terms like front-end, back-end, and full-stack. What are these different web development roles?…
Updated on May 9, 2026 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…
Updated on May 11, 2026 in Learn
Clean Up Your Code with Modular CSS
CSS. It’s a web designer’s playpen. With so many colors, type settings, layout options, and responsive possibilities, it’s easy to turn a stylesheet into a million line nightmare. However, with a few simple actions you can clean up the mess…
Updated on May 11, 2026 in Learn
The Top 5 Programming Languages to Learn This Year
If you’re reading this, you’ve either decided to learn to code this year as a complete beginner or maybe you’re already a programmer and want to expand your skill set. Either way, you’re likely familiar with the reasons why learning…
Updated on August 13, 2021 in Learn
25 Programming Books for the Aspiring Developer
Whether you’re learning to code online, at a coding bootcamp, or in-person, there’s one supplementary resource that we recommend to accompany your learning: books. But with so many programming books to choose from (a Google search brings up over 12…
Updated on September 21, 2017 in Learn
HTML and CSS: Still Relevant for Designers
If you’re a designer trying to stay current you may be feeling some pressure to learn one of the many new web programming languages that are “hot” right now (React, Angular, etc.). Not only because these languages are gaining in…
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…