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HTML How to Make a Website Beginning HTML and CSS Follow Along with Workspaces

Posted by Robert Nardizzi
Robert Nardizzi
13,226 Points

Mac

Im using a Mac. does that matter?

5 Answers

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

No! I develop on a Mac just like the Treehouse teachers and countless amounts of other people.

One would even argue that OS X is the best operating system to develop on.

Tristan Gaebler
Tristan Gaebler
6,204 Points
Tristan Gaebler
Tristan Gaebler
6,204 Points

No, in fact MAC OS X is better for web development! You'll see that all the teachers at teamtreehouse use OS X.

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points
Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

I would say thats better, but thats because I use one as well. But no it doesn't matter on Treehouse unless your interested in iOS development of course in which case you have to use a Mac.

You'll notice that when you watch the lessons, all the teachers use a Mac.

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points
Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Debian Linux

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points
Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points

When developing for the web in regards to front end (HTML, CSS, Javascript), your OS doesn't matter. When you get to the back-end, working with languages that involve the command prompt, you may find certain tasks to differ between OS, but for the most part there still is not much of a difference (unless you decide to use .Net). Most courses on Treehouse support both Mac OSX and Windows, so there should be no problem; especially if you're working on Mac.