September 2, 2020 in Business Resources
How to Stand Out from the IT Crowd by Overcoming the Evolving DevOps Skills Gap
The standard set of DevOps skills changes year over year. If you spent all of 2019 and early 2020 looking for employees with particular skills, only to find that you need a new set for your company to survive and…
August 27, 2020 in Learn
Python Comprehensions
Are you looking to step up your Python game? Comprehensions are a great way to reduce the amount of code needed to create new sequences (like lists, sets, and dictionaries) using a sequence that has already been defined. While these…
August 14, 2020 in Learn
Our Plan to Open-Source the Treehouse Apprenticeship Program
Back in June, as protests were erupting across the country, we made a promise to open source our Apprenticeship Framework. Now more than ever, it is important to be firmly anti-racist and use our power and privilege to open doors…
July 31, 2020 in Treehouse News
How We Designed and Built the New Treehouse Website
Read how the Treehouse team designed, built, and deployed an all-new website. Learn about the design process and new features!
July 30, 2020 in Learn
Web Accessibility: An Introduction
Throughout my career as a web design and development educator, I’ve noticed a consistent lack of attention paid to Accessibility principles in both college and bootcamp curriculum. The results of a 2018 WebAIM global survey of web accessibility practitioners was…
July 27, 2020 in Learn
Inclusive Design Series (1 of 4): When Products Aren’t Inclusive
When you design a product, it’s natural that your own biases will impact it. Biases are a feature of human cognition that we cannot control, but we can control how we act upon them. As a cis-gendered white woman, my…
July 24, 2020 in Learn
16 Examples of Video-Based Web Design (and Why it Succeeds)
With 85% of marketers harnessing the power of the video website, it’s important your video-based web design doesn’t get left behind in 2020. When developing websites in the current year and beyond, video is a key element. If your development…
July 21, 2020 in Learn
A Guide To Python For Beginners
A Guide to Python for Beginners Python is one of the first languages many programmers learn as it is both simple and versatile. Python syntax is said to resemble English, which speaks to how easy it is to read and…
July 13, 2020 in Business Resources
Upskilling: A Two-Pronged Approach
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” ― Pablo Picasso Companies and organizations that prioritize and promote learning for their employees have higher employee engagement and retention. By…
July 2, 2020 in Learn
Compass + Custom Tracks = <3
You have a team in need of technical training. At the end of the day, they need to know and understand the tools in your tech stack. Different colleagues have different levels of knowledge on different topics, so how are…
June 26, 2020 in Learn
Python vs. JavaScript Comparison for 2020
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 learning Python again after years of programming in JavaScript. After diving back in…
June 22, 2020 in Career Advice
5 Ways New Freelance Devs Can Generate Business Working From Home
The world is a much different place today than it was just a few months ago, thanks to COVID-19. It’s been a difficult season for every industry, and that includes developers. As a new freelance developer looking for ways to…