Ben Colgan

Ben Colgan

Member Since April 14, 2020

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  • Building a Flashcard App
  • Sweeping Vues: Loops, Methods, Directives
  • What a Beautiful Vue!
  • Introducing Vue
  • How to Make Wireframes in Adobe XD
  • How to Make Wireframes in Balsamiq
  • Hierarchy and Layout
  • Writing Copy
  • How to Make Wireframes on Paper
  • What is Wireframing?
  • Adding the Game Logic
  • Making the Game Interactive
  • Rendering the Game
  •  Building Constructor Methods and Generating Objects
  • Introducing 'Four in a Row'
  • Setting Your Course
  • Professional Development
  • Applying & Interviewing
  • The Job Search
  • Networking
  • Personal Branding
  • Careers in the Tech Industry
  • Self-Assessment
  • Principles of Design
  • Elements of Design
  • Optimization Best Practices
  • Asset Optimization
  • Why Web Performance Matters
  • Keyframe and Line Drawing Animations
  • Transitions and Transforms
  • Testing for Accessibility
  • Mobile Accessibility
  • Accessible UI Patterns
  • Semantic HTML and WAI-ARIA
  • WCAG 2.0 (and Other Standards)
  • Access for Everybody
  • Getting the REST You Need 2
  • Classes
  • Objects and New Collection Types
  • The Cooler Parts of ES2015
  • ES2015 Basics
  • Adding 3D Effects with CSS
  • Getting Started with CSS Transforms
  • Transition Timing Functions and Delays
  • Getting Started with CSS Transitions
  • Combining Array Methods
  • Array Manipulation
  • Practice forEach
  • Array Iteration
  • The Role of Selectors in JavaScript
  • Pseudo-classes and Combinators
  • Selector Basics
  • Create Function Using Arrow Syntax
  • Defining Variables With let and const
  • Improving the Application Code
  • Editing and Filtering Names
  • Adding and Removing Names
  • JavaScript Tools and Workflows
  • JavaScript is Everywhere
  • Exploring Async/Await
  • Understanding Promises
  • Asynchronous JavaScript with Callbacks
  • What is Asynchronous Programming?
  • GET and POST Requests in a Browser
  • Introduction to HTTP
  • Programming AJAX
  • AJAX Concepts
  • Chrome DevTools Basics
  • Combine and Minify Assets
  • Optimize Assets
  • Measuring Performance
  • Planning for Performance
  • Working with jQuery Collections (2017)
  • Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal (2017)
  • Introducing jQuery (2017)
  • Going Further with Grid Layout
  • Flexible Sized Grids
  • Introducing Grid Layout
  • Building Forms With Bootstrap
  • Using Bootstrap Components
  • Responsive Layouts With the Bootstrap Grid
  • Getting to Know Bootstrap 4
  • Practicing Object Basics
  • Practicing Classes
  • Practicing Getters and Setters
  • Getters and Setters
  • Working with Classes in JavaScript
  • Object Basics
  • Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
  • Callbacks and the DOM
  • Callbacks with Timers
  • Introduction to Callback Functions
  • Traversing the DOM
  • Responding to User Interaction
  • Making Changes to the DOM
  • Getting a Handle on the DOM
  • The Browser Environment
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
  • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
  • Loop Through Objects
  • Object Basics
  • Multidimensional Arrays
  • Loop Through Arrays
  • Store Multiple Values in an Array
  • Working with 'for' Loops
  • Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops
  • Building a Layout with Flexbox
  • Flexbox Properties
  • Understanding Flexbox
  • Build an Accessible Form
  • Introduction To Accessibility
  • Responsive Patterns
  • Media Queries
  • Responsive Theory
  • Mobile-First CSS Layout
  • Using Template Literals
  • Arrow Functions
  • Pass Information Into Functions
  • Create Reusable Code with Functions
  • The Math Object
  • Working with Numbers
  • Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements
  • Working With Strings
  • Storing and Tracking Information with Variables
  • Hello, JavaScript!
  • Finishing Touches
  • Styling Images
  • Styling Boxes
  • Styling Text
  • CSS Media Queries
  • CSS Layout Techniques
  • Box Model Concepts
  • The CSS Box Model
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Basic Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Searching Names
  • Sorting Algorithms
  • Merge Sort and Linked Lists
  • The Merge Sort Algorithm
  • Building a Linked List
  • Exploring Arrays
  • Recursion and Space Complexity
  • Algorithms in Code
  • Time Complexity
  • Playing a Counting Game
  • Timezones
  • Math Quiz App
  • Dates and Times
  • Buggy Logs
  • Cleaner Code
  • Creating a Memory Game
  • Emulating Built-ins
  • Welcome to OOP
  • Iterating and Packing with Dictionaries
  • Introducing Dictionaries
  • Sequence Operations
  • Sequence Iterations
  • Packing and Unpacking
  • Getting Info In and Out of Functions
  • Introduction to Functions
  • Getting to Know Tuples
  • Build an Application
  • Using Lists
  • Meet Lists
  • All Together Now
  • Functions and Looping
  • Types and Branching
  • Meet Python
  • Connect the Data
  • Adapters and ViewHolders
  • Displaying Lists of Data
  • Updating the Data Model
  • The Project
  • Introducing SharedPreferences
  • The Activity Lifecycle
  • Hooking Up the Model to the View
  • Building the Weather UI
  • Working with JSON
  • Concurrency and Error Handling
  • Networking
  • Exploring an API
  • The Rest of the Story
  • Finishing the User Interface
  • The Model-View-Presenter Pattern
  • Intents and Multiple Activities
  • Tuning the User Interface
  • User Input in Android
  • Testing and Debugging
  • Improving Our Code
  • Basic Android Programming
  • Creating the Screen Layout
  • Getting Started with Android
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Designing with the Latest Features
  • Basic Layout
  • The Box Model
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Basic Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Art Direction with the Picture Element
  • Image Delivery with Srcset and Sizes
  • Welcome to the Treehouse Club
  • Creating an SVG
  • Introduction to SVG
  • Captioning Video
  • Media Basics
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • Going Further with HTML
  • Images, Text and Links
  • Structuring Your Content
  • Getting Started With HTML
  • Adding a New Web Page
  • Make It Beautiful with CSS
  • HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications
  • Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS
  • Build a Pomodoro App
  • Event Planning
  • Design a Better App
  • Graphical User Interfaces
  • WWW
  • The Internet
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Basics
  • What to Test
  • How To Test
  • Branches on Git Hosting Services
  • Remote Branches
  • Merging
  • Branches
  • Get Involved in Open Source
  •  Create a Web Presence on GitHub
  •  Working on a Team
  • Working By Yourself
  • Hello, GitHub!
  • GitHub and Other Remote Repositories
  • Managing Committed Files
  • First Commits
  • Why Test
  • Using Java's Built-In Annotations
  • IDE Exploration
  • How it Works
  • Java Maps
  • Java Lists
  • Generics in Java
  • Interfaces in Java
  • Java Inheritance
  • Gotchas and Wins
  • Iteration
  • Creation
  • Delivering the MVP
  • Creating the MVP
  • Harnessing the Power of Objects
  • Meet Objects
  • Perfecting the Prototype
  • Using your New Tools
  • Getting Started with Java
  • Newbie