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Posted by Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

FAO Staff: There should be a 'Workshop' section on Treehouse

I realised something today - that there's something important missing from Treehouse: a 'Workshop' section.

I've learned a fair bit of html, css, Javascript and jQuery now. What would be REALLY useful is if there were projects that could be assigned to me that mimic what happens in the workplace eg I get given a psd file that I have to craft into a webpage (front end development).

At the end of the day, I want to become employable, and once I get to a certain level of ability, I want things to get stuck into and it's not that easy to craft projects and tasks for yourself, especially when you're not familiar with the kind of tasks that are asked of designers/developers in the workplace.

I used to think Treehouse was flawless, but now I actually feel quite let down. The website purports to help you land a job, but what I talk about above seems like an OBVIOUS useful feature, yet it's been omitted.

Surely you guys must have thought of this, so why haven't you implemented it?

5 Answers

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points
Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Hi Andrew! You will be able to find resources like this online. Treehouse is more of a learning resource than job practice which is why they will have focused most of their time onto the courses.

If you want something to do just google something along the lines of what you are looking for and I'm sure you will find something. If you can't find anything at all then just get a friend to draw something out for you or you could even draw one out yourself.

Best of luck!

-Luke

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Treehouse is more of a learning resource than job practice which is why they will have focused most of their time onto the courses.

Spot on.

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points
Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

I followed your advice, Luke, and found this - what a great resource! I could just do shitloads of these and put them into part of a portfolio site.

Employer: "Can you take psd files and translate them into a webpage?

Me: "Yes."

= Win.

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

Hey Andrew, what great resource did you find?

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

Oops!

http://365psd.com/

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

I'm glad you managed to find something Andrew! Thank you for also sharing the link as this is something that I should start doing myself!

Have fun programming. -Luke

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points
Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

Discovered Bootstrap yesterday... oh dear...

It's too easy!

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Ah the wonders of Twitter Bootstrap! Whipping up a beautiful and responsive website with bootstrap takes no time in comparison to hard coding it all!

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points
Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

The question is: do I spend more time honing my javascript/jquery skills, or do I just build some sites with Bootstrap?

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

If I were you I would maybe get up to pace with Bootstrap! Being able to write interactive sites is good but what is an interactive site without beautiful aesthetics? Plus it is fairly quick to pick up because of the fantastic documentation! Also, I would suggest taking a look at the 'CSS Frameworks' course with Guil! This will run through the basics and then after that you will just need to have a quick skim through the documentation on their site.

Have fun with Bootstrap!

-Luke

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

If you are looking to hone your JavaScript and CSS skills I'd also suggest re-creating things from

http://www.cssflow.com/

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

Initially I wasn't sure what you meant by this, but now I can see that just replicating these designs is definitely a challenge. Good shout.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Once you implement the UI in CSS then you can add functionality in JavaScript