Updated on May 11, 2026 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,…
Updated on September 11, 2023 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,…
Updated on August 27, 2025 in Learn
Python vs. JavaScript Comparison for 2020
🚀 We’ve updated this blog for 2025! Check out the new version here: Programming in a new language can feel unfamiliar, intimidating, and tricky to navigate at first. There are new rules, syntax, and nuances to learn. I recently started…
Updated on September 11, 2023 in Learn
JavaScript Loops 101 [Article]
There are loads of ways to loop in JavaScript! How do you know which one to choose, and when? It can be a minefield for those new to the language. In this article, we are going to cover 7 of…
Updated on September 11, 2023 in Learn
How to Install Node.js and NPM on Linux
JavaScript is used everywhere today. 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….
Updated on September 11, 2023 in Learn
What is OOP?
As anyone working in software could tell you, coding can get really complicated really quickly. Luckily for them (and us!), OOP is there to make things simpler—and, ultimately, to make apps and sites run better. What is OOP? OOP stands…
Updated on May 11, 2026 in Learn
What Is An API?
If you have a sneaking suspicion that APIs are something you should know about in 2019, you’re onto something! In 2019, APIs are more important than ever, and their prominence in the programming world is only growing. But what exactly…
Updated on July 22, 2021 in Learn
What Is A Web Browser?
What comes to mind when you think of visiting a web page? It might not work quite the way you assume. And in order to code, you’ve got to learn to think the way your browser does. What is a…
Updated on May 11, 2026 in Learn
4 Reasons Why JavaScript is Beginner Friendly
JavaScript is the most popular and versatile programming language in the world. It’s also the first programming language many developers learn. Why is that?
Updated on May 11, 2026 in Learn
Tech Jobs: An Explainer
Did you know? 1.3 million new developer jobs will be created in the next 10 years. No matter your background or previous experience, there’s never been a better time to start your journey toward one of these high-paying careers. But…
Updated on May 11, 2026 in Learn
React, Angular, Vue: What they can do and which one is for you
Selecting a front end JavaScript framework can be a difficult, confusing process. React and Angular — now there’s this new thing called Vue? You don’t have time to learn all three. So, how do you choose?
Updated on May 11, 2026 in Learn
The Lingua Franca of software: Why you need to learn JavaScript
There’s a lot of advice out there about what languages you should learn, but there’s only one language that every developer needs to know: JavaScript.