Newbie

Welcome to the exciting world of web professionals! We're happy you decided to join us. Isn't it exciting being a Newbie?

Earned Feb 15, 2013

Website Basics

Build a Simple Website Website Basics

HTML and CSS are the basic building blocks of any webpage.

Earned Feb 15, 2013

Text Editors and HTML

Build a Simple Website Text Editors and HTML

One of the primary tools that web designers and developers use all the time is called a text editor. We'll use a text editor to write our HTML code, which will describe the structure of our content.

Earned Feb 16, 2013

Creating a Website Structure

Build a Simple Website Creating a Website Structure

HTML describes the structure of content on a web page, but it's also important to define visual structure. Using a CSS grid system, we'll rearrange page elements into an aesthetically pleasing layout.

Earned Feb 17, 2013

Styling Content

Build a Simple Website Styling Content

Grid CSS can help layout webpages visually, but to add more customizations like fonts and background colors, we will need to write our own CSS code. CSS also allows for borders, margin, padding, and much more.

Earned Feb 17, 2013

Launching the Website

Build a Simple Website Launching the Website

Now that we're finished coding our website, it's time to deploy it live to the web. This involves several steps, including purchasing a domain and hosting. Then, we'll use the File Transfer Protocol to put our files onto our server.

Earned Feb 17, 2013

Introduction

HTML Introduction

This introduction is a broad overview of the Internet, the web, and markup languages.

Earned Feb 17, 2013

Text

HTML Text

Text in HTML can be structured many different ways. Utilizing text elements can add semantic structure to web pages.

Earned Feb 17, 2013

Lists

HTML Lists

Lists in HTML can be used to create an ordered or unordered grouping of list items, such as a grocery list or your top five favorite movies.

Earned Feb 17, 2013

Links

HTML Links

Hyperlinks are the fundamental idea that makes the web great. They allow pages to be linked together so that it's easy to navigate through the sea of information.

Earned Feb 17, 2013

Objects

HTML Objects

Objects in HTML include elements like images and multimedia plugins. This class of elements essentially allows for the addition of content that is not text-based.

Earned Feb 17, 2013

Tables

HTML Tables

Tables in HTML can be used for structuring and formatting tabular data, similar to the display capabilities of spreadsheet software. Tables are useful for organizing and relating quantitative and qualitative data sets.

Earned Feb 18, 2013

Forms

HTML Forms

Forms are a special class of HTML elements that can be combined together to create pages that accept user input. The user input generated by forms can then be processed by software that runs on the server-side.

Earned Feb 18, 2013

Getting Started with CSS

CSS Foundations Getting Started with CSS

Learn basic CSS concepts and how to add CSS to a page.

Earned Feb 19, 2013

Selectors

CSS Foundations Selectors

Selectors allow for styling to be applied to particular page elements. This critical concept makes it easy to choose a specific page element and assign CSS.

Earned Feb 20, 2013

Advanced Selectors

CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors

Many advanced CSS selectors help keep our markup clean, semantic and flexible by targeting specific elements without the need of a class or an ID.

Earned Feb 23, 2013

Introduction

CSS Foundations - Version 1 Introduction

This introduction is a broad overview of cascading stylesheets.

Earned Feb 23, 2013

Selectors

CSS Foundations - Version 1 Selectors

Selectors allow for styling to be applied to particular page elements. This critical concept makes it easy to choose a specific page element and assign CSS properties to it.

Earned Feb 23, 2013

Data Types

CSS Foundations - Version 1 Data Types

Data types are different classes of information that can be used with CSS properties. Data Types include integers and floating point values (numbers), strings (pieces of text), colors, and more.

Earned Feb 23, 2013

Text

CSS Foundations - Version 1 Text

In addition to the font property, there are several more properties that allow for text elements to be further manipulated. Examples include the word-spacing, letter-spacing, and line-height properties.

Earned Feb 23, 2013

Box Model

CSS Foundations - Version 1 The Box Model

The CSS box model describes rectangular elements on a web page. Each box has a content area which is surrounded by padding, border, and margin areas.

Earned Feb 23, 2013

Page Layout

CSS Foundations - Version 1 Page Layout

The visual formatting model in CSS governs the layout of page elements based on several CSS properties and concepts, such as the size of an element and its position.

Earned Feb 24, 2013

Printing

CSS Foundations - Version 1 Printing

When a user attempts to make a hard copy of a webpage, special CSS styles can be applied to enhance the printing experience. Users will appreciate this, because in most cases it increases the focus on the page content and decreases the amount of printer ink they have to use.

Earned Feb 24, 2013

Framework Foundations

CSS Foundations - Version 1 Framework Foundations

The CSS specification created by the W3C is already very powerful by itself. However, there are pieces of CSS code that most web professionals will have to create repeatedly. This development friction can be eased by using a CSS framework, which is a set of reusable CSS code that is general enough to be applied to just about any project.

Earned Feb 24, 2013

Values and Units

CSS Foundations Values and Units

Values and Units

Earned Feb 24, 2013

Text, Fonts, and Lists

CSS Foundations Text, Fonts, and Lists

Text has a significant effect on how we view a web page, and CSS has many options for defining text styles. Font properties also enable us to change the appearance of text by assigning a font family, font size, thickness and more. In this Deep Dive, we’ll learn common font properties we can use to enhance our text, along with ways to style our HTML lists.

Earned Feb 25, 2013

CSS Box Model

CSS Foundations The Box Model

The CSS Box Model

Earned Feb 26, 2013

Backgrounds and Borders

CSS Foundations Backgrounds and Borders

With CSS, any element can have a background and border applied, and certain properties affect how they appear. In this Deep Dive, we'll explore common CSS background and border properties, along with ways to add drop shadows and inner shadows to HTML elements.

Earned Feb 27, 2013

Selectors

CSS3 Selectors

Selectors have been available since the advent of CSS, but there are several new CSS3 selectors. These selectors allow web professionals to apply properties to page elements that were previously more difficult to access.

Earned Mar 1, 2013

Typography

CSS3 Typography

CSS3 includes numerous new typographic features, such as text-shadows. This is an exciting and rapidly evolving area of CSS3, wherein layout engines like webkit are pushing beyond W3C standards.

Earned Mar 4, 2013

Web Fonts

CSS3 Web Fonts

The @font-face rule allows for the inclusion of customized fonts, beyond what is available by default. This isn't actually a new feature of CSS3, but it has become popular over the last few years, so it has a coloquial association with other CSS3 properties.

Earned Mar 4, 2013

Borders

CSS3 Borders

CSS3 expands upon borders by adding features like rounded corners, shadows, and more. Using these features reduces the need for image-based solutions, which allows web pages to generally load faster.

Earned Mar 5, 2013

Gradients

CSS3 Gradients

In design, a gradient is the visual effect of one color gradually fading into another across a surface. Applying CSS3 gradients to elements reduces the need for image-based solutions and can improve front-end performance.

Earned Mar 5, 2013

Backgrounds

CSS3 Backgrounds

Multiple backgrounds and background sizing are just two background features that are new in CSS3. Multiple backgrounds allows designers to build several layers of imagery into page elements and this feature in particular provides designers with tighter control than ever before.

Earned Mar 6, 2013

Transitions

CSS3 Transitions

The :hover pseudo-class has been used to create basic transitions for many years now, but the transition property allows things to animate more smoothly. When a transition is applied to an element, most changes to that element will be animated between two keyframe states.

Earned Mar 6, 2013

Transforms

CSS3 Transforms

Transforms set page elements in either a 2D or 3D coordinate space. This makes it possible to manipulate the rotation and position of an element along the X, Y, and Z axis.

Earned Mar 6, 2013

Animation

CSS3 Animation

Animations are a set of keyframes that are applied to an element via the animation property. Each keyframe includes CSS styling that is to be applied at that point in the animation. Then, the animation property smoothly animates between each keyframe.

Earned Mar 7, 2013

Multi-Column Layouts

CSS3 Multi-Column Layouts

The multi-column layout module in the CSS3 specification is capable of breaking up paragraph text into columns. These columns are created dynamically, which is much more flexible and accessible than continuous text that is broken across three separate HTML elements.

Earned Mar 7, 2013

Media Queries

CSS3 Media Queries

Media Queries are a unique addition to CSS3 that allows designers to apply CSS declarations dynamically based on client conditions. For example, if the width of the browser window drops below a predetermined value, alternative CSS can be applied dynamically.

Earned Mar 7, 2013

Introduction to Responsive Web Design

Build a Responsive Website Introduction to Responsive Web Design

Some years ago there was a clear differentiation between desktop and mobile. The introduction of tablets and other new web devices brings the challenge of designing for more resolutions and devices than ever before. Fortunately, responsive web design has emerged as a robust solution.

Earned Mar 7, 2013

Fluid Foundation

Build a Responsive Website Creating a Fluid Foundation

The key to a responsive website is building it on a fluid foundation. This defines our website layout in ratios and proportions rather than absolute values. Using the target ÷ context = result formula, we'll convert widths, margins, and padding from pixels to percentages. We'll also learn how to make our images scalable.

Earned Mar 7, 2013

Adaptive Design

Build a Responsive Website Adaptive Design

Introducing media queries allows us to target specific device resolutions; like an iPad or iPhone, and adjust our website's layout accordingly. This is referred to as an adaptive design approach.

Earned Mar 7, 2013

Responsive Design

Build a Responsive Website Responsive Design

Responsive websites are built on a fluid grid and use media queries not to target specific device resolutions, but rather to adjust the design and content as it reaches various breakpoints.

Earned Mar 7, 2013

Advanced Techniques

Build a Responsive Website Advanced Techniques

Responsive web design doesn't stop at creating a fluid foundation and implementing media queries. It's an ongoing process. In this stage, we'll continue to make our typography and media even more responsive. We'll also learn how we should move forward when starting responsive web projects from scratch.

Earned Mar 8, 2013

Basics

Introduction to Programming Basics

Computer programming can be intimidating at first, but this gentle introduction to the subject will make the learning curve a bit easier to climb.

Earned Mar 8, 2013

Control Structures

Introduction to Programming Control Structures

Control structures determine the flow of execution within an application. A conditional statement can fork the execution down several paths or a loop can execute the same code several times until a condition is met.

Earned Mar 8, 2013

Objects and Arrays

Introduction to Programming Objects and Arrays

An array is a way of storing multiple items and each item is associated to a number called the index. Each item can be accessed using the index value. Objects are usually associated to meaningful pieces of data which it can hold and manipulate.

Earned Mar 9, 2013

Functions

Introduction to Programming Functions

A function contains a piece of code that needs to be executed several times from different parts of your application

Earned Mar 9, 2013

Introduction Variables

JavaScript Foundations Variables

Introduction Variables

Earned Mar 9, 2013

JavaScript Strings

JavaScript Foundations Strings

Strings in JavaScript allow us to store letters, words, sentence or any other text information.

Earned Mar 9, 2013

JavaScript Numbers

JavaScript Foundations Numbers

JavaScript Numbers

Earned Mar 11, 2013

JavaScript Arrays

JavaScript Foundations Arrays

Arrays are how we can store lists of data in a single object in JavaScript

Earned Mar 11, 2013

JavaScript Functions

JavaScript Foundations Functions

Functions allow us to package and reuse code in our programs, which makes them more organized.

Earned Mar 11, 2013

JavaScript Objects

JavaScript Foundations Objects

Objects are the foundational type in JavaScript. They allow us to create complex data structures and organize our programs.

Earned Mar 12, 2013

Introduction

Accessibility Introduction

A broad definition of accessibility could include mobile devices, software machines, and people with disabilities. However, the more traditional definition of accessibility focuses exclusively on people that access the web in atypical ways.

Earned Mar 12, 2013

Websites

Accessibility Websites

Accessibility on a static website has a lot to do with creating semantic markup. However, creating an aesthetic with CSS is equally important and can help users with various types of vision and motor impairments.

Earned Mar 12, 2013

Web Apps

Accessibility Web Apps

Interactive web applications are slightly different than static websites, and can present some unique challenges in regards to accessibility.

Earned Mar 12, 2013

Introduction to jQuery

Build an Interactive Website Introduction to jQuery

JavaScript is used to add interactivity to the front end of a website. JavaScript works slightly differently in each browser, so to smooth out some of those inconsistencies, we're going to use jQuery, a JavaScript framework.

Earned Mar 12, 2013

Form Validation and Manipulation

Build an Interactive Website Form Validation and Manipulation

jQuery offers a range of methods to detect when a user interacts with a form, we'll be using these methods in conjunction with other jQuery methods to add some browser-based validation to a simple contact form.

Earned Mar 13, 2013

jQuery Plugins

Build an Interactive Website jQuery Plugins

Plugins are libraries of code that you can drop in to your project to extend its functionality. Plugins require jQuery and are often free.

Earned Mar 13, 2013

Google Maps Integration

Build an Interactive Website Google Maps Integration

Google Maps offers two ways to add maps to your site, static and dynamic. We'll cover the basics of both and add some markers too.

Earned Mar 14, 2013

Customizing Google Maps

Build an Interactive Website Customizing Google Maps

Learn to add custom markers to your dynamic map and add info windows. Discover how to make sure Google maps work in a responsive site.

Earned Mar 14, 2013

Elements

Aesthetic Foundations Elements

The elements of art form the basic visual building blocks. With elements like line, shape, and form, it is possible to approach design from an objective and analytical perspective.

Earned Mar 14, 2013

Principles

Aesthetic Foundations Principles

The principles of art are a set of rules or guidelines that utilize the elements of art to create patterns. By leveraging principles like harmony, contrast, and emphasis, the elements of art can be manipulated to bring forth emotional depth and dynamic visuals.

Earned Mar 14, 2013

Color Theory

Aesthetic Foundations Color Theory

Color theory is the study of mixing colors together and the visual effects of various combinations. Color has been studied for many centuries, but the advent of computer graphics has made this area even more interesting.

Earned Mar 14, 2013

Workspace Basics

Photoshop Foundations Workspace Basics

An introduction to the menus, toolbar, windows and panels that make up the Adobe Photoshop workspace.

Earned Mar 14, 2013

Layer Basics

Photoshop Foundations Layer Basics

Layer Basics

Earned Mar 14, 2013

Masks Basics

Photoshop Foundations Masks Basics

Masks

Earned Mar 14, 2013

Type Tools

Photoshop Foundations Type Tools

Type Tools

Earned Mar 15, 2013

Vector Shapes

Photoshop Foundations Vector Shapes

This introductory course will teach you how to manipulate Photoshop's preset shapes by adjusting their anchors and paths. You'll also learn how to draw freehand using the pen tool.

Earned Mar 15, 2013

Slices & Save for Web

Photoshop Foundations Slices & Save for Web

In this introductory course, you’ll learn how to properly create slices when creating user interface elements in Photoshop. We’ll also learn the basics of optimization and the Save for Web feature.

Earned Mar 15, 2013

Workflow Basics

Photoshop Foundations Workflow Basics

Workflow Basics

Earned Mar 15, 2013

Getting Started with PHP

Build a Simple PHP Application Getting Started with PHP

The browser can understand HTML and CSS all by itself, but we’ll need a little bit more sophisticated setup to handle PHP. We’ll get familiar with what PHP code looks like and where it can run, exploring the differences between a client-side language and a server-side language. We’ll walk step by step through installing everything you’ll need to run PHP code, and we’ll end with a simple but functioning PHP script.

Earned Mar 18, 2013

Creating the Menu and Footer

Build a Simple PHP Application Creating the Menu and Footer

Our product catalog website will have a number of pages, but the pages share a few common elements like the top navigation menu and the footer. We’ll build these shared elements into a set of template files, using basic programming concepts like variables and conditionals to make it all work.

Earned Mar 18, 2013

Adding a Contact Form

Build a Simple PHP Application Adding a Contact Form

PHP does more than just make a set of HTML files easier to maintain. It also adds advanced functionality to a site that HTML and CSS alone cannot achieve, like sending an email. We’ll create a contact form for our website, allowing the users to enter a message into an HTML form and then using PHP to process the form submission.

Earned Mar 20, 2013

Listing Inventory Items

Build a Simple PHP Application Listing Inventory Items

Our product catalog contains quite a bit of information, too much to fit in simple variables. A PHP array will be perfect for the task, and we’ll explore all the ins and outs of working with arrays to store sets of related data. We’ll also use the data from the array to populate our main Shirts page that shows a list of all the products in our catalog.

Earned Mar 20, 2013

Integrating With Paypal

Build a Simple PHP Application Integrating with PayPal

Each shirt in our catalog has its own individual page, and we’ll build out a new template for all of those pages that integrates with Paypal. PayPal offers services that provide an easy way to handle a shopping cart and payments. We’ll walk through the steps of setting up a new PayPal account. We’ll cover how to customize the cart and checkout pages, and we’ll get the form code necessary to integrate the Add to Cart buttons into our store.

Earned Mar 21, 2013

Working with PHP Functions

Build a Simple PHP Application Working With Functions

The home page of our website displays a small subset of the products, but the layout should be the same as the Shirts Listing page. We’ll work with PHP functions, blocks of code that can be called from other blocks of code, to make sure that products are displayed the same across all list pages. PHP comes with a large number of native functions, but it also provides a way to create our own.

Earned Mar 21, 2013

Simple PHP Application: Wrapping Up The Project

Build a Simple PHP Application Wrapping Up The Project

Simple PHP Application: Wrapping Up The Project

Earned Mar 22, 2013

Moving Around in the Console

Console Foundations Getting Started with the Console

Being able to navigate using the console is the first step to being a console master.

Earned Mar 25, 2013

Console Users and Permission

Console Foundations Users and Permissions

Users and Permissions are a core concept you need to master to be able to use the console.

Earned Mar 26, 2013

Console Processes

Console Foundations Processes

Managing processes is an important skill when working with the console.

Earned Mar 26, 2013

Why Start a Business?

How to Start a Business Why Start a Business?

So you want to start a business? In this set of videos, we address the basic needs for starting a company, from setting goals to defining success.

Earned Mar 27, 2013

Corporate Structure

How to Start a Business Corporate Structure

One of the first steps to starting a company is choosing a legal structure for your business and filling out the relevant paperwork. In this set of videos, we talk about some of the advantages of incorporating and the different business structures available to you.

Earned Mar 27, 2013

Forming Your Company

How to Start a Business Forming Your Company

Once you’ve figured out your legal choices in regards to incorporating, you might think you’re done and ready to go. Not just yet! You have to make sure you and any co-founders are on the same page and that you secure your intellectual property before you sign off on everything. Let’s take a look at what that means.

Earned Mar 27, 2013

Marketing Basics

How to Start a Business Marketing Basics

Digital marketing is the key to finding customers online. It's vital to establish an online presence while defining your targets and goals. Only then can you begin to tell the story behind your brand.

Earned Mar 27, 2013

Introduction to Accounting

How to Start a Business An Introduction to Accounting

Accounting is an essential skill that can help you monitor and maintain the financial health of your company thereby ensuring its success. But it's not as simple as listing all your transactions in a book. It requires knowledge of concepts like accounting standards, debits and credits, and the double entry bookkeeping system.

Earned Mar 29, 2013

Marketing Strategy

How to Start a Business Marketing Strategy

Your Internet Marketing strategy will help set the direction for how you’ll establish yourself across these various networks and platforms, as well as how and when to communicate and listen. But when all is said and done, the deciding factor for online success will be quality content.

Earned Mar 29, 2013

Making Money

How to Start a Business Making Money

You started a business to make money so let's talk money! In this stage, we're going to look at what goes into making money - setting a price, charging your customers and then collecting your money.

Earned Mar 30, 2013

Social Media

How to Market Your Business Social Media

These days, it takes more than a great website to spread the word about your product or service. Social networks are ideal for growing your network and for spreading the word about who you are and what you do.

Earned Apr 1, 2013

Usability Basics

How to Market Your Business Usability Basics

Understanding the basics of usability can allow you to evaluate the effectiveness of your website. These best practices will help you create various website elements - from navigation to forms and even content - and identify existing issues, increasing the chances of presenting a successful website to potential customers.

Earned Apr 1, 2013

Usability Testing

How to Market Your Business Usability Testing

Testing a site doesn't only mean evaluating its design; it also means determining if the users on your site can accomplish the goals they have in mind when they arrive. Testing with this in mind can reveal fixes that go far beyond simple code changes; it can lead to fundamental improvements in the way you do business and make money.

Earned Apr 1, 2013

Search Engine Optimization

How to Market Your Business Search Engine Optimization

SEO - or Search Engine Optimization - is vital to a business website's success. Understanding how search engines work and how to implement various search-related strategies will improve the value of your site and help get it found.

Earned Apr 4, 2013

Email Marketing

How to Market Your Business Email Marketing

Email is one of the most powerful ways to market your business online. It's a great way to keep customers up to date on specials, new products, and the latest news. With a number of powerful campaign management tools available online, even the smallest of companies can get involved.

Earned Apr 5, 2013

Video Marketing

How to Market Your Business Video Marketing

From no-budget to professional productions, video marketing can enhance the message a business is trying to communicate online. As video content becomes more accessible and expected by users, companies need to anticipate ways to use this medium to share information about products, services, and their sense of humor.

Earned Apr 6, 2013

From Idea to Execution

How to Build Your Company From Idea to Execution

Taking an idea from a thought process to a business model involves exploring many different facets of business. Using the Business Model Canvas, we’re going to walk through this process of developing an idea into a working business model that encapsulates the nine building blocks of a company.

Earned Apr 6, 2013

Financing Your Company

How to Build Your Company Financing Your Company

Starting a business and building your company doesn’t come cheap - it takes dedication, hard work, and money. Financing can come in different forms. In this stage, we’ll explore different types of funding, from debt to equity and more.

Earned Apr 9, 2013

Pricing

How to Build Your Company Pricing

The right pricing model can make a big difference for your company’s revenue stream but implementing one can be overwhelming. To help you with that, let’s go over fixed and dynamic pricing models, your company’s costs and value and what your competitors are doing. After that you should be able to pick a pricing model that’s right for you.

Earned Apr 9, 2013

Sales

How to Build Your Company Sales

Once you’ve made your product you have to sell it as well. There are a lot of aspects to being a great salesperson and in this series we’ll go over prospecting and qualifying leads, making a sales presentation and finally, servicing your clients.

Earned Apr 14, 2013

Metrics

How to Build Your Company Metrics

Starting, building and running a web business is a complex task. You need to know lots of different things - accounting, sales, marketing, business development, and finance. In this stage, we’re going to take a look at certain metrics that can help you monitor your company’s health and profitability and allow you to make better decisions to ensure the success of your venture.

Earned Apr 16, 2013

Web Typography

CSS Foundations Web Typography

Web typography is an exciting and rapidly evolving area of CSS, wherein layout engines like webkit are pushing beyond W3C standards. In this Deep Dive, we’ll cover topics such as best practices for choosing a typeface, text layout, and implementing responsive text & vertical rhythm. We'll also explore font resources like the @font-face rule, and other detailed font features and techniques that will enhance our text.

Earned Apr 18, 2013

Gradients

CSS Foundations CSS Gradients

CSS gradients allow us to display smooth transitions between two or more colors. In this Deep Dive, we'll explore linear and radial CSS gradients, along with the differences in browser syntax.

Earned Apr 21, 2013

Flexbox and Multi-Column Layout

CSS Foundations Flexbox and Multi-Column Layout

With CSS multi-column layouts, we can easily define multiple columns of text. One of the benefits of using CSS-based columns is flexibility; content flows from one column to another, and the number of columns can vary depending on the size of the device or viewport. The CSS3 Flexible Box, or flexbox, is a powerful new feature that makes CSS more efficient for layout. Elements can be dynamically rearranged on the page, laid out in any direction, have flexible dimensions to adapt to the display space, and much more!

Earned Apr 21, 2013

Website Basics

Website Basics Website Basics

Beyond HTML and CSS, there are several basic technology skills that every web professional should know. Some of these include uploading files to the web via FTP or purchasing domains and hosting.

Earned Apr 21, 2013

Graphic Basics

Technology Foundations Graphic Basics

Graphic Basics

Earned Apr 21, 2013

Intro to User Experience

UX Foundations Introduction to User Experience

User Experience is a broad term that refers to a person’s emotions when using a particular product, system, or service. Anything a user sees, touches, smells or tastes impacts a user's positive or negative experience. Even though we’ll be focusing on UX as it relates to the digital experience, we’ll also cover the effects of the users’ tangible experience and how it might affect their interaction with your design.

Earned Apr 21, 2013

Defining the Project

UX Foundations Defining the Project

When starting a brand new UX project it can be tempting to dive in and start writing content or designing right away. But first, it’s important to step back and define business and project goals, understand context, and determine constraints. With that, we can confidently move forward with planning our project. Because without taking the time to really understand the root of the issue – we can’t create an effective solution.

Earned Apr 21, 2013

Getting Started With Rails

Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application Getting Started with Rails

We will learn what web applications are as well as install Ruby on Rails on our computers.

Earned Apr 21, 2013

Ruby Basics

Ruby Foundations Ruby Basics

Ruby Basics

Earned Apr 22, 2013

Objects, Classes, and Variables

Ruby Foundations Objects, Classes, and Variables

The Objects, Classes, and Variables badge gets you familiar with the Ruby language. You'll learn about how to tell the Ruby interpreter what to do, set variables, and create and instantiate classes.

Earned Apr 22, 2013

Ruby Strings

Ruby Foundations Strings

The Ruby Strings badge teaches you how to create and work with strings, learn about special characters and escape, and learn about common and useful methods available when working with strings.

Earned Apr 23, 2013

Ruby Numbers

Ruby Foundations Numbers

The Ruby Numbers badge will get you comfortable working with numbers in Ruby. This badge teaches you about integers, floating point numbers, math, and more. You'll learn how to create and work with numbers, compare numbers, and work with currency.

Earned Apr 24, 2013

Ruby Arrays

Ruby Foundations Arrays

An array is container for different kinds data. The Ruby arrays badge will teach you what arrays are and get you comfortable with creating and working with arrays.

Earned Apr 24, 2013

Ruby Hashes

Ruby Foundations Hashes

Ruby Hashes

Earned Apr 27, 2013

Ruby Methods

Ruby Foundations Methods

A method is a set of expressions that return a value. Learn how to create your own methods in the Ruby Methods badge.

Earned Apr 27, 2013

Ruby Loops

Ruby Foundations Loops

A loop is a series of statements that can be repeated several times. The Ruby Loops badge walks you through creating loops and using different kinds of loops in your code.

Earned Apr 27, 2013

Environment and Redirection

Console Foundations Environment and Redirection

Pipes and redirection are extremely powerful techniques to utilize when using the console

Earned Apr 28, 2013

Ruby Blocks

Ruby Foundations Blocks

Blocks are a special kind of syntax in Ruby. A block is a way of grouping statements together that is executed when Ruby encounters the method. The Ruby Blocks badge teaches you how to create, use, and work with blocks in your Ruby programs.

Earned Apr 28, 2013

Ruby Procs & Lambdas

Ruby Foundations Procs & Lambdas

Procs & Lambdas are blocks of code that are assigned to variables. In this way, procs and lambdas can be passed around to different methods and the scope can change. The Procs & Lambdas badge teaches you how to create and work with procs and lambdas as well as the differences between them.

Earned Apr 30, 2013

Ruby Modules

Ruby Foundations Modules

Modules are used for namespacing and sharing behavior.

Earned Apr 30, 2013

Ruby Core

Ruby Foundations Ruby Core

The core collection of classes and modules helps out when coding Ruby programs. The Ruby Core badge walks you some of the classes and modules available.

Earned Apr 30, 2013

Standard Library

Ruby Foundations Ruby Standard Library

The Ruby standard library contains modules and classes that are commonly used for writing programs. The Ruby Standard Library badge walks through some of the modules and classes available in the standard library.

Earned May 5, 2013

Ruby Testing

Ruby Foundations Testing

The Ruby Testing Badge walks through using the MiniTest library packaged with Ruby and introduces the process of test driven development.

Earned May 6, 2013

Getting Started with WordPress

How to Make a WordPress Blog Getting Started with WordPress

Before we start building our blog, we are going to learn about the software we will be using to make our blog: WordPress. Two versions of WordPress exist, WordPress.com and Wordpress.org. We’ll learn the differences between the two and how to access which is better for a project. Finally we’ll walk through the process for installing WordPress online.

Earned May 7, 2013

Configuring WordPress

How to Make a WordPress Blog Configuring WordPress

Once WordPress is installed there are a number of settings in the WordPress admin panel that are important to know about. We’ll talk about each of these as well as suggest default settings to use for a blog. WordPress comes with a built in upgrade feature that we will also discuss.

Earned May 7, 2013

Adding and Editing Content in WordPress

How to Make a WordPress Blog Adding and Editing Content

Content is king on the web and knowing how to manage your content in WordPress is essential to running a good site. You’ll learn how to add and edit posts and pages as well as how to best manage categories and tags. We will also take an in depth look at working with media in WordPress.

Earned May 7, 2013

Managing Comments

How to Make a WordPress Blog Managing Comments

Comments are an essential part of building a community around your blog. They allow readers to respond to your posts and allow you to get an idea of what people think of your content. We’ll look at how to configure and manage comments on your site as well as how to post comments as a visitor and as an admin.

Earned May 7, 2013

Customizing WordPress

How to Make a WordPress Blog Customizing WordPress

WordPress offers a range of ways to customize the look and functionality of your blog. Plugins help to extend functionality and themes allow you to change the look of your site. In this series we will explore plugins and themes as well as widgets and how to customize your theme.

Earned May 7, 2013

Content Strategy with WordPress

How to Build a WordPress Theme Content Strategy with WordPress

Content is at the core of any web site. Whether photos on a photography site, text on a blog or example projects on a portfolio site, we always want to build around our content. In this video we will cover how to audit and gather content, identify post types and custom fields, and setup the admin area for adding and editing content.

Earned May 7, 2013

WordPress Theme Templates

How to Build a WordPress Theme WordPress Theme Templates

With WordPress theme templates, you can control how different parts of your site look. That can mean controlling templates for generic pages or identifying custom templates needed for development. In this stage I'll explain how WordPress templates work, which ones we need, and what we need to do to get our project theme installed and ready for development.

Earned May 7, 2013

WordPress Theme Functions

How to Build a WordPress Theme WordPress Theme Functions

WordPress theme functions, tags, and variables are special PHP code used to build dynamic sites with WordPress. Many of these functions are used in conjunction with the WordPress loop, which displays the majority of a site's content. In this series we'll get started with the fundamentals of WordPress theme development by looking at the actual code used to build themes.

Earned May 7, 2013

Transitions and Transforms

CSS Foundations Transitions and Transforms

CSS transition properties provide a way to control the animation speed in changing the properties over a given duration. We can also specify time intervals, durations and timing functions that follow a customizable acceleration curve. CSS transforms allow us to change the position of elements without disrupting the normal document flow. Transforms are implemented using a set of CSS properties that let us apply transformations like rotation, skewing, scaling and translation in both the plane and 3D space.

Earned May 11, 2013

Integrating Validation Errors

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application Integrating Validation Errors

Our contact form currently checks that the information submitted by visitors to our site is valid, but we need to improve how validation errors get displayed. We’ll enhance the flow of our code that handles form submissions, displaying error messages within the context of the form and carefully avoiding a common security vulnerability by escaping our output.

Earned May 14, 2013