Articles by Team Treehouse from September 2015

John Turner is CEO and Founder of UsersThink, which provides user feedback on demand for landing pages. He’s passionate about usability, UX, feedback, helping people, dancing, and high fives. Ch...

Every week, new content is published to the growing Treehouse Library! Here is a short list of what was added the week of September 21, 2015. COURSES Customizing Django Templates–Lacey Williams ...

What is Blender? No, this is not a post about kale shakes. Im not talking about that type of blender, and I hope you wont leave with a bitter taste in your mouth. Im talking about the open-source 3D m...

  Lauries 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 ...

Creating sketches of a user interface, called wireframes, is often the first step in the design phase of a software or web project. Wireframing your software or website project may seem simple at firs...

  In April 2014, Bryan was a father of five working as a lead Concierge for a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and making $43K as the sole provider for his family. Although he worked full time at his...

In the modern-era of ubiquitous news coverage, many of us have become accustomed to certain routines and cycles. Every four years, though seemingly two years before election day, all eyes and lenses r...

In this post, I’ll outline the asset workflow that I useto modelgame props, like theold radio in the image below.If you’re new to making games, you will gain an understandingofsome ofthe m...

Every week, new content is published to the growing Treehouse Library! Here is a short list of what was added the week of September 14, 2015. COURSES Build a JavaFX Application – Craig Dennis Ja...

Some advice that I received early on in my Treehouse journey came from our Student Success Manager, who advised me to look into tech meetups in the area. Portland-area coding resources and careers are...

Creative Market is a platform for handcrafted, mousemade design content from independent creatives around the world. Laura (@laurabusche) earned a Master of Arts in Design Management from the Savannah...

Jeanne had a background in computer science and after 18 years of working on other peoples projects, she decided to dedicate time towards a project of her own. Something that she would enjoy creating ...

Every week, new content is published to the growing Treehouse Library! Here is a short list of what was added the week of September 7, 2015. COURSES Prototyping with Foundation for Apps –Guil He...

Java is one of those languages that youve probably met at some point or another. Its everywhere. From large enterprise applications like Salesforce to introductory programming classes at university to...

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 HTMLbut knew he wante...

I’ve spoken previously on how to land your first job in the industry. All the advice still stands. The comments over there are great to look at too. This time, I’m talking about the expect...

John Turner is CEO and Founder ofUsersThink, which provides user feedback on demand for landing pages. He’s passionate about usability, UX, feedback, helping people, dancing, and high fives. Che...

There are a lot of great 3D tools on the market today, but Maya remains the industry leader for game and broadcast production. Apart from its powerful and extensive toolset, one of the main reasons th...

The Smells of Scrum Do you practice agile software development? Have you or your team ever had the feeling that something is just a little off? There may be clutter in your backlog or the feeling that...

15-year-old Harry James had always been intrigued by technology. So when a school program required him to choose a new skill to learn, Harry decided to seize the opportunity and learn to code. Harry s...

Image effects in the Unity game enginecan 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 landsc...

Every week, new content is published to the growing Treehouse Library! Here is a short list of what was added the week of August 31, 2015. COURSES Functional Python– Kenneth Love Functional prog...

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 the...

The months have flown by and summer is coming to an end, but with all endings, come exciting new beginnings, and this month that means it’s Back to School Time! You don’t have to be starti...

The thought of making a video game can be daunting. There’s code to write, 3D assets to model and texture, sound design, music, gameplay, voice acting, multiplayer, platform integration, marketi...

Every week, new content is published to the growing Treehouse Library! Here is a short list of what was added the week of August 24, 2015. COURSES How to Make a Video Game– Nick Pettit In this c...