Articles by Team Treehouse from October 2015

To understand the nuances of what it means to be a developer or a designer let’s take a walk down memory lane and end with where we’re at today. A Little Bit of History When I started dabb...

After losing his job as a Web Content Strategist, Jonathan decided to make the most of unemployment and learn to code. Jonathan signed up for Treehouse by recommendation of a web designer friend. Whil...

DjangoCon US 2015 happened in September 2015 in Austin, TX. It’s a national conference that happens each year all about the Django template language, and it features talks by developers with a w...

Every week, new content is published to the growing Treehouse Library! Here is a short list of what was added the week of October 19, 2015. COURSES Swift 2.0 Collections and Control Flow–Pasan P...

In high school, Ryan Gittings developed a keen interest for coding and the Web. Fast forward to a few years later, Ryan was a full-time developer at a local web agency. He had solid front end web deve...

In high school, Ryan Gittings developed a keen interest for coding and the Web. Fast forward to a few years later, Ryan was a full-time developer at a local web agency. He had solid front end web deve...

Heres the thing: You dont really have a choice. The likelihood that youll be developing software in a single language these days is slim. Isomorphic web applications – where the same code that r...

After 15 years experience as an arts professional, Alex was considering a career change. At the time, he was working as a professional freelance orchestral tuba player, and decided to learn to code to...

It takes a mere fraction of a second for a visitor to evaluate and form an opinion on your website (and as a result, your brand). Bearing in mind that itty-bitty detail, making the perfect first impre...

Every week, new content is published to the growing Treehouse Library! Here is a short list of what was added the week of October 12, 2015. COURSES Swift 2.0 Basics–Pasan Premaratne Unlike many ...

Inspired by Steve Jobs speech at Stanford University, 16-year-old Abdullahwas determined to seek out a career he would love for the future. After much thought and research, Abdullah decided his passio...

Most people have played and enjoyed a game at some point in their lives, whether it’s Tic-Tac-Toe, Pac-Man, Flappy Bird, or League of Legends. However, it’s not often that players think ab...

Victor Ollervidez discovered a passion for the creativity of coding in middle school. But it wasnt until college when Victor began his degree in multimedia that he was able to focus on learning to cod...

The tech world can be amazing. The open source community gives us thousands of useful tools, there are countless meetups every day for any language you want, and, thanks to sites like Stack Overflow, ...

Every week, new content is published to the growing Treehouse Library! Here is a short list of what was added the week of October 5, 2015. CONFERENCES HybridConf The core purpose of HybridConf is to b...

Quinton was first drawn to the instant gratification of coding in a high school Computer Literacy class. What started as an interest grew to a passion, which eventually led him to graduate with a Comp...

Humans, with our big brains, are built for one thing: learning. Having a brain like ours allows us to survive and adapt to many environments, including hostile ones. We’ve been to the depths of ...

Scott was tired of working long hours for little pay in a series of entry level jobs. He was a sales support rep for a software company at the time and decided he needed a career change. When an aptit...

In this post, I’ll describe my approach to texture mapping and outline the asset workflow that I use to go from a plain 3D model toa prop that’s ready for a game.If youre new to making vid...

Every week, new content is published to the growing Treehouse Library! Here is a short list of what was added the week of September 28, 2015. COURSES Java Annotations–Chris Ramacciotti Annotatio...

In 2012, Sarah heard about Treehouse. At the time, she was studying graphic design at college, but considering a change of major. Serendipitously, Sarah then came across the opportunity to apply for a...

Youve heard it before. Not once. Not twice. I probably cant even count it on two hands. Its no secret that mobile is here to stay. Its no secret that businesses need to begin thinking about mobile use...

Justin wanted to start a business and every business needs a website, so he thought: why not learn how to build my own? He began learning from books and attended a community college, but to keep up wi...