Mark Miller

Mark Miller

Corvallis, OR

I started learning with Treehouse at the end of 2015, when I discovered it at the employment office as a job seeker.

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    Mark Miller

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    Customer Service Advocate

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    • https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/premium-tax-credit-source-mark-miller/

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  • How it Works
  • Building Authentication in PHP
  • Building an MVC Project
  • Common Commands
  • Model View Controller
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  • Test Doubles
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  • The Command Shell
  • Organizing your Tests
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  • Creating Distributable OOP Packages
  • Creating Your Tests
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  • How To Test Our Code
  • Improving Quality Assurance Practices
  • Bug Reporting
  • Executing Tests
  • Writing Manual Test Cases
  • Data Parser
  • Merge Sort and Linked Lists
  • Why We Test
  • The Merge Sort Algorithm
  • Building a Linked List
  • Exploring Arrays
  • Recursion and Space Complexity
  • Algorithms in Code
  • Time Complexity
  • Playing a Counting Game
  • Getting the REST You Need 2
  • Environment Variables
  • Launching and Supporting a WordPress Plugin
  • Building WordPress Template Tags, Widgets, and Shortcodes
  • Build an Application
  • Using Lists
  • Meet Lists
  • All Together Now
  • Functions and Looping
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  • Meet Python
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • Getting Started with Express
  • Improving your Gulp Workflow
  • Compile Sass with Gulp
  • Gulp your JavaScript workflow!
  • Welcome to Gulp.js
  • JavaScript Tools and Workflows
  • JavaScript is Everywhere
  • Persuasive Patterns
  • Updating and Uninstalling Packages with npm
  • Installing Packages with npm
  • UI Patterns
  • What is npm?
  • HTTP Methods and Headers
  • Creating a Basic Template Engine in Node.js
  • Designing with Patterns
  • Regular Expressions
  • GitHub and Other Remote Repositories
  • JavaScript Frameworks, Libraries, and Developer Roles
  • JavaScript Outside of the Browser
  • Managing Committed Files
  • First Commits
  • Handling Routes in Node.js
  • Getters and Setters
  • Creating a Simple Server in Node.js
  • Working with Classes in JavaScript
  • Creating a Command Line Weather Application
  • Object Basics
  • Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
  • Working with jQuery Collections (2017)
  • Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal (2017)
  • Create Function Using Arrow Syntax
  • Using Template Literals
  • Introducing jQuery (2017)
  • Defining Variables With let and const
  • Finishing the Game
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Behavior Driven Development with Mocha & Chai
  • Laravel Getting Started
  • Making sense of it all
  • Gotchas and Wins
  • Iteration
  • Creation
  • Autoloading and Composer
  • Databases and International Concerns
  •  Learning activity: Interviewing
  • Contact Forms & Mailers
  • Learning activity: Field Observation
  • Learning activity: Experience Sampling
  • Abstract Classes in PHP
  • Finding participants for your learning activity
  • Connecting WordPress Plugins with 3rd Party APIs
  • Using Interfaces in PHP
  • Building a WordPress Plugin Settings Page
  • Starting Right with PHP Best Practices
  • Designing Interfaces in PHP
  • Updating and Deleting Records
  • Browser Persistent Data with PHP
  • Slim and Templates
  • Dependency Management
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  • Creating and Modifying Database Tables
  • Error Checking
  • Conditional Formatting
  • Pivot Tables
  • Vulnerabilities: Configuration, Components, and Logging
  • LOOKUP Functions
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  • Vulnerabilities:  Injection, XSS, CSRF
  • The OWASP Top 10 Explained
  • Maintaining Secure Web Apps
  • Protecting Data and Keeping Attackers Out
  • What is Authentication
  • PHPDB Stage 5: Search
  • Why Protect Your Web Apps
  • Fetching Data with Queries
  • Practicing Data Visualization in Excel
  • Getting Started with GraphQL
  • Chart Formatting and Layout
  • When To Use What Type of Chart
  • Introduction To Data Visualization
  • The Data Analysis Process
  • Getting to Know Your Data
  • Introducing Data Analysis
  • Build a Spreadsheet
  • Spreadsheet Best Practices
  • PHPDB Stage 3: Using Relational Data
  • Spreadsheet Functions & Formulas
  • Getting Started With Spreadsheets
  • Introducing Spreadsheets
  • Basic File Handling
  • Reading and Writing Reports
  • Going Further with HTML
  • Extending the Family
  • Inheritance
  • Images, Text and Links
  • Structuring Your Content
  • Building a Collection
  • Getting Started With HTML
  • PHPDB Stage 4: Pagination with LIMITs
  • How WordPress Plugins Work
  • Running an Ecommerce Site Long Term
  • Extending WooCommerce
  • Managing Orders in WooCommerce
  • Managing Products in WooCommerce
  • Setting Up WooCommerce
  • Cart, Checkout and Account Templates and Hooks
  • Customizing Drupal
  • Getting Started with Android
  • Global and Product Templates and Hooks
  • Getting Started with WooCommerce Theme Development
  • Introduction to Ecommerce with WordPress
  • SEO Plugins for WordPress
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  • Content Comes First
  • Captioning Video
  • Security in Practice
  • Custom Dashboard Widgets
  • Media Basics
  • Common Attacks and Defenses
  • Controlling Admin Navigation
  • Hello Internet!
  • Customizing the Login Screen
  • Admin Color Schemes
  • Using Bootstrap Components
  • Custom WordPress Customizer Settings
  • Native WordPress Customizer Options
  • Overview of the WordPress Customizer
  • Going Mobile
  • Building the Recipe
  • Hooking Into WordPress Plugins
  • Final Project: Create a Typographic Site
  • Getting Started with MongoDB
  • Action Functions in WordPress
  • Day 3: Getting Creative
  • Add Bootstrap Components to WordPress Theme
  • Filter Functions in WordPress
  • Exploration
  • Art Direction with the Picture Element
  • Image Delivery with Srcset and Sizes
  • An Overview of Hooks in WordPress
  • Create Bootstrap Styled Theme Templates
  • Creating Records
  • Controllers
  • Project Setup
  • Responsive Layouts with the Bootstrap Grid
  • Setup a Bootstrap Theme
  • Database Security
  • Queries & Results
  • A Template Hierarchy Review
  • Media Templates in WordPress
  • Getting to Know Bootstrap 4
  • Custom Post Type Templates
  • Archive Templates in WordPress
  • Getting Started with PDO
  • Page and Post Templates in WordPress
  • Homepage Templates in WordPress
  • Core WordPress Theme Files
  • How WordPress Templates Work
  • Finishing Your WordPress Theme
  • Custom Homepage Templates in WordPress
  • Adding a Blog to a WordPress Theme
  • Custom Post Type Templates
  • Why Test
  • Data Reader
  • Discovery
  • Day 2: Advanced Selecting
  • Working By Yourself
  • Abstraction
  • System.Object
  • Day 1: Joining Tables
  • Polymorphism
  • Orientation: Selecting Data
  • Big Data at Netflix
  • Where and How Big Data Is Used
  • What is Big Data
  • Introducing Unit Testing
  • Handling Errors in Node
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  • Security: Solutions
  • AWS and "The Cloud"
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  • Project Setup
  • Introduction to Node.js
  • Classes
  • Understanding Classes
  • Why Object-Oriented Programming?
  • Python Slices
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  • Modules and Themes
  • Building Out WordPress Navigation
  • WordPress Plugin Best Practices
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  • Site Building with the Drupal Interface
  • Learn About Drupal
  • WWW
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Basics
  • Customizing WordPress Themes
  • Delivering the MVP
  • Creating the MVP
  • Harnessing the Power of Objects
  • Meet Objects
  • Getting Started with Android
  • PHPDB Stage 2: Querying the Database with PHP
  • PHPDB Stage 1: Databases and PHP
  • PHP Email Form Errors
  • Objects and New Collection Types
  • PHP Email Forms
  • The Cooler Parts of ES2015
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  • PHP Inventory
  • First Steps in React
  • DOM Traversal
  • DOM Manipulation
  • Events
  • Hello, jQuery!
  • Improving the Application Code
  • Editing and Filtering Names
  • Adding and Removing Names
  • Traversing the DOM
  • Responding to User Interaction
  • Making Changes to the DOM
  • WordPress Themes
  • Local WordPress Development
  • Finalizing the Project
  • Speeding up Workflow With Sass
  • Gems In Depth
  • Ruby Gems
  • Case Studies and Examples
  • Protecting and Sharing Your Work
  • Licensing
  • Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • Ruby Standard Library: Part 2
  • Ruby Standard Library: Part 1
  • Ruby Core
  • Better SEO Through Tools
  • Better SEO Through Code
  • Better SEO Through Content
  • Store Inventory Using Modules
  • Include and Extend
  • Ruby Core Modules
  • Ruby Module Basics
  • Input and Output
  • Search
  • Ruby Class Design
  • Blocks Practice
  • Working With Blocks
  • Ruby Blocks
  • Creating New Sinatra Apps
  • Loops and Final Touches
  • Encapsulation with Properties
  • Build a Simple Todo List Program
  • Ruby Booleans
  • Securing and Maintaining a MySQL Database
  • SQL Calculating, Aggregating and Other Functions
  • PHP Includes
  • Subqueries
  • Build a Bank Account Class
  • Ruby Variables and Methods
  • Joining Relational Data Between Tables in SQL
  • Ruby Objects and Classes
  • Forms
  • Manipulating Schema with SQL
  • Creating Tables and Manipulating Data with SQL
  • Build a Simple Contact List
  • Ruby Iteration
  • Ruby Loops
  • DNS Basics
  • Set Operations
  • Joining Table Data with SQL
  • Getting a Handle on the DOM
  • Build a Grocery List Program
  • Business Plan for Freelance Business
  • Designing Email with CSS
  • Coding HTML Email
  • Ruby Hashes
  • Ruby Arrays
  • The Browser Environment
  • Ruby Logical Operators
  • Ruby Control Structures
  • HTML Email Basics
  • PHP Internal Functions
  • PHP Loops
  • Encapsulation and Arrays
  • Inheritance
  • Methods
  • Reading Data from Databases with SQL
  • PHP Arrays
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Perfect
  • Business Plan Basics
  • Perform
  • PHP Conditionals
  • PHP on the Web
  • Daily Exercise Program
  • Unit Converter
  • Getting to Know PHP
  • Adding a New Web Page
  • Make It Beautiful with CSS
  • Console I/O
  • Prepare and Plan
  • Letter Game App
  • Number Game App
  • Table Relationships
  • Database Keys
  • Database Normalization
  • Shopping List App
  • Logic in Python
  • Python Data Types
  • Python For Beginners
  • Hello, GitHub!
  • Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench
  • Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL
  • HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications
  • Getting a WordPress Site
  • Video Marketing
  • Email Marketing
  • Graphic Basics
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • The Brand Identity Design Process
  • Usability Testing
  • Website Basics
  • Usability Basics
  • Social Media
  • Fair Use and Public Domain
  • Next Steps
  • Soft Skills - Psychology
  • Financing Our Company
  • Selling Your Product
  • Marketing Your Product
  • Product Market Fit
  • Writing Online
  • Laying Out Type for the Web
  • Getting Started with Copyright
  • Scrum Artifacts
  • Discovery
  • Tables
  • Productivity
  • Getting the REST You Need
  • Presentation Skills
  • GET and POST Requests in a Browser
  • Objects
  • Links
  • Introduction to Brand Identity
  • Text
  • Getting Started with CSS Transforms
  • Introduction to HTTP
  • Introduction to SEO
  • Moving Beyond the Blog
  • Important Skills For Professional Success
  • Using a jQuery Carousel
  • Professional Development
  • Basic Web Typography
  • Introduction
  • Finding Business
  • Scrum Events
  • Solving an Important Problem
  • Applying & Interviewing
  • Building Page Templates in WordPress
  • The WordPress Loop
  • Starting a Freelance Career
  • Introducing Scrum
  • Creating Content
  • Improving Usability
  • Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS
  • PHP Returns & Closures
  • Using Java's Built-In Annotations
  • Lists
  • The Job Search
  • PHP Functions Basics
  • Transition Timing Functions and Delays
  • How to Choose and Use Webfonts
  • PHP Loops
  • What is Agile?
  • Networking
  • Introduction to Typography
  • Personal Branding
  • Introduction to Blogging
  • Setting Your Course
  • Careers in the Tech Industry
  • PHP Conditionals
  • PHP Datatypes
  • WordPress Header and Footer Templates
  • Mobile Usability
  • Self-Assessment
  • Website Usability
  • Working with CSS and JS in WordPress Themes
  • WordPress Plugin Best Practices
  • Widgets and Custom Menus
  • More Advanced PHP for WordPress
  • PHP Basics for WordPress
  • Custom Post Types and Fields
  • Starting a WordPress Theme
  • Getting Started with CSS Transitions
  • What is User Experience (UX)?
  • Handling Errors When Manipulating Data
  • Deleting Data from a Database
  • Updating Data in a Database
  • Adding Data to a Database
  • What is Usability?
  • Intro to Objective-C
  • Date and Time Functions
  • Aggregate and Numeric Functions
  • Working with Text
  • Ordering, Limiting and Paging Results
  • Finding the Data You Want
  • Getting Data from a Database
  • Efficiency!
  • Data, Databases and SQL
  • Exploring the Java Collections Framework
  • Layer Basics
  • PHP Data & Structure
  • PHP Getting Started
  • Add a Sticky Navigation Bar
  • Introducing Adobe Illustrator
  • Creating an SVG
  • Workspace Basics
  • Design Foundations Final
  • Becoming a Problem Solver
  • Understanding Aesthetics
  • Introduction to Node.js
  • Combine and Minify Assets
  • Optimize Assets
  • Introducing jQuery Plugins
  • Measuring Performance
  • Planning for Performance
  • Chrome DevTools Basics
  • Quiz Practice Project
  • Introduction to Design
  • Prototypal Inheritance
  • Constructor Functions & Prototypes
  • Web Apps
  • Websites
  • Introduction
  • WordPress Admin Settings
  • WordPress User Roles
  • WordPress Plugins
  • WordPress Themes
  • The WordPress Customizer
  • Introduction to Methods
  • AJAX and APIs
  • Custom Media Players
  • jQuery and AJAX
  • Captioning Video
  • Organizing Data
  • Programming AJAX
  • Media Basics
  • Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Building a Layout with Flexbox
  • AJAX Concepts
  • Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
  • Introduction to SVG
  • Getting There
  • Delivering the MVP
  • Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript
  • Flexbox Properties
  • JavaScript and the DOM
  • Creating a Simple Drawing Application
  • Understanding Flexbox
  • Responsive Patterns
  • Media Queries
  • Responsive Theory
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Workflows
  • Positioning Page Content
  • CSS Layout Project
  • Working With Remote Repositories
  • Creating the MVP
  • Managing Media in WordPress
  • Managing Content in WordPress
  • Creating a Password Confirmation Form
  • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
  • Harnessing the Power of Objects
  • Page Layout with the Float Property
  • Controlling Layout with CSS Display Modes
  • Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu
  • Meet Objects
  • Introduction to PHP for WordPress
  • Perfecting the Prototype
  • Getting Started with CSS Layout
  • Using your New Tools
  • Creating a Simple Lightbox
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Designing with the Latest Features
  • Getting Started with Java
  • Creating a Spoiler Revealer
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • Basic Layout
  • JavaScript Objects
  • The Box Model
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Choosing Options
  • JavaScript Loops
  • How to Install WordPress on Your Computer
  • Merging
  • Branches
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • Basic Selectors
  • Getting Started With Git
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Why Version Control Matters
  • Installing Programs
  • Environment and Redirection
  • Console Processes
  • Console Users and Permission
  • Moving Around in the Console
  • Ruby Operators
  • JavaScript Functions
  • JavaScript Conditional Statements
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Variables
  • Ruby Methods
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Ruby Numbers (Ruby Basics)
  • Ruby Strings (Ruby Basics)
  • How Ruby Works
  • Debugging HTML and CSS Problems
  • Sharing a Website
  • Responsive Web Design and Testing
  • Customizing WordPress Themes
  • WordPress Themes
  • Adding Pages to a Website
  • Installing Wordpress
  • Styling Web Pages and Navigation
  • Getting Started with WordPress
  • Customizing Colors and Fonts
  • CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Creating HTML Content
  • HTML First
  • Beginning HTML and CSS
  • Newbie