Stan Day

Stan Day

UK

Helping gamers win more, one PC at a time. Hone is the free desktop app that optimizes your PC to increase FPS, reduce input lag, and improve network performance.

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    Co-Founder & CEO at Hone.gg

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  • Getting Data from a Database
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  • Implementing React Native
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  • Customizing WordPress Themes
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  • Structuring Your Content
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  • Creating a Command Line Weather Application
  • Handling Errors in Node
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  • Introduction to Node.js
  • Improving the Application Code
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  • Actions, Dispatch and Reducers. Oh my!
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  • The Cooler Parts of ES2015
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  • Delivering the MVP
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  • What is Agile?
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  • Measuring Performance
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  • What is Authentication?
  • Getting Work Done
  • A Lifestyle Choice
  • Growing Your Business
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  •  Learning activity: Interviewing
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  • Keyframe and Line Drawing Animations
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  • Hosting with GitHub Pages
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  • What is the MailChimp API
  • Adding a New Web Page
  • Make It Beautiful with CSS
  • HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications
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  • GET and POST Requests in a Browser
  • Introduction to HTTP
  • Custom Media Players
  • Captioning Video
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  • Business Plan for Freelance Business
  • Business Plan Basics
  • Next Steps
  • Financing Our Company
  • Selling Your Product
  • Marketing Your Product
  • Product Market Fit
  • Discovery
  • Moving Beyond the Blog
  • Finding Business
  • Creating Content
  • Introduction to Blogging
  • Get Involved in Open Source
  •  Create a Web Presence on GitHub
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  • Hello, GitHub!
  • Adding 3D Effects with CSS
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  • Advanced Selectors
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  • Positioning Page Content
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  • Fundamental Concepts
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  • What is Usability?
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  • Getting Started with Java
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  • Fair Use and Public Domain
  • Reading Data from Databases with SQL
  • Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench
  • Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL
  • Getting Started with Copyright
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript
  • Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript
  • JavaScript and the DOM
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Treehouse Club - CSS
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  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • Adding a Contact Form
  • Creating the Menu and Footer
  • Getting Started with PHP
  • Creating a Long Term Business
  • Protecting Yourself With Contracts
  • Pricing and Project Proposals
  • Finding Your First Project
  • Starting a Freelance Career
  • Establishing a Proper Workflow
  • Ruby Testing
  • Standard Library
  • Welcome to the Treehouse Club
  • Ruby Core
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  • Ruby Basics
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  • Getting Started With Git
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  • Why Version Control Matters
  • What's New in Foundation 5
  • Build a Website With Foundation
  • Prototyping With Foundation
  • Build a Website With Bootstrap
  • Prototyping With Bootstrap
  • Introduction to Front-End Frameworks
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  • Creating a Simple Drawing Application
  • Creating a Password Confirmation Form
  • Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu
  • Creating a Simple Lightbox
  • Creating a Spoiler Revealer
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • JavaScript Functions
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  • Finalizing the Project
  • Case Studies and Examples
  • The Brand Identity Design Process
  • Introduction to Brand Identity
  • JavaScript Arrays
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  • Introduction Variables
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  • The Logo Sprint
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  • Professional Development
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  • Networking
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  • Self-Assessment
  • Getting Started with Compass
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  • Introduction
  • Advanced Sass Concepts
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  • Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors
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  • Better SEO Through Tools
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  • Introduction to SEO
  • Creating Home Page Assets
  • Applying Effects
  • How to Draw in Illustrator
  •  Adding Color and Type
  • Creating an Icon
  • Introduction to Illustrator
  • Workflow Basics
  • Slices & Save for Web
  • Advanced Techniques
  • Responsive Design
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  • Fluid Foundation
  • Introduction to Responsive Web Design
  • Launching the Website
  • Styling Content
  • Creating a Website Structure
  • Text Editors and HTML
  • Website Basics
  • Vector Shapes
  • Type Tools
  • Masks Basics
  • Layer Basics
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  • Design Foundations Final
  • Becoming a Problem Solver
  • Understanding Aesthetics
  • Introduction to Design
  • Color Theory
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  • Grid Layout
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  • Positioning Schemes
  • Float Layout
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  • Media Queries
  • CSS Animations
  • Transitions and Transforms
  • Flexbox and Multi-Column Layout
  • Gradients
  • Web Typography
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  • CSS Box Model
  • Text, Fonts, and Lists
  • Values and Units
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Forms
  • Tables
  • Objects
  • Links
  • Lists
  • Text
  • Introduction
  • Debugging HTML and CSS Problems
  • Sharing a Website
  • Responsive Web Design and Testing
  • Adding Pages to a Website
  • Styling Web Pages and Navigation
  • Customizing Colors and Fonts
  • CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Creating HTML Content
  • HTML First
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