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Development Tools

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PHP

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1,965

HTML

1965 pts
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0 pts
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1,451

CSS

1451 pts
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0 pts
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537

Databases

537 pts
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0 pts
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462

Digital Literacy

462 pts
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0 pts
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437

Business

437 pts
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0 pts
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308

Python

308 pts
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0 pts
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260

Design

260 pts
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246

Java

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Company

McGowan Company
Job Title

President

229 Achievements

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Introduction to MEAN

Building a MEAN Application

Achieved
May 5, 2017
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Improving the Application Code

DOM Scripting By Example

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May 4, 2017
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Editing and Filtering Names

DOM Scripting By Example

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May 4, 2017
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Adding and Removing Names

DOM Scripting By Example

Achieved
Apr 25, 2017
Achievement
Next Steps

JavaScript Unit Testing

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Apr 5, 2017
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Improving Our Tests

JavaScript Unit Testing

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Mar 31, 2017
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Behavior Driven Development with Mocha & Chai

JavaScript Unit Testing

Achieved
Mar 30, 2017
Achievement
Introducing Unit Testing

JavaScript Unit Testing

Achieved
Mar 16, 2017
Achievement
Completing and Testing the API

Build a REST API With Express

Achieved
Mar 13, 2017
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Communicating with Mongo Through Mongoose

Build a REST API With Express

Achieved
Mar 10, 2017
Achievement
Modeling Data for the API

Build a REST API With Express

Achieved
Mar 9, 2017
Achievement
Building API Routes in Express

Build a REST API With Express

Achieved
Mar 6, 2017
Achievement
Building a REST Service

Build a REST API With Express

Achieved
Feb 22, 2017
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Express Middleware

User Authentication With Express and Mongo

Achieved
Feb 17, 2017
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Sessions and Cookies

User Authentication With Express and Mongo

Achieved
Feb 16, 2017
Achievement
User Registration and Login

User Authentication With Express and Mongo

Achieved
Feb 15, 2017
Achievement
Creating a Command Line Weather Application

Node.js Basics 2017

Achieved
Feb 9, 2017
Achievement
Handling Errors in Node

Node.js Basics 2017

Achieved
Feb 9, 2017
Achievement
Getting Data From an API With Node

Node.js Basics 2017

Achieved
Feb 9, 2017
Achievement
Introduction to Node.js

Node.js Basics 2017

Achieved
Feb 7, 2017
Achievement
What is Authentication?

User Authentication With Express and Mongo

Achieved
Jan 31, 2017
Achievement
Go Further With Mongo

Mongo Basics

Achieved
Jan 29, 2017
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Working With Collections

Mongo Basics

Achieved
Jan 29, 2017
Achievement
Understanding MongoDB

Mongo Basics

Achieved
Jan 29, 2017
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Improving your Gulp Workflow

Gulp Basics

Achieved
Jan 29, 2017
Achievement
The Internet

How the Internet Works

Achieved
Jan 27, 2017
Achievement
Compile Sass with Gulp

Gulp Basics

Achieved
Jan 26, 2017
Achievement
Gulp your JavaScript workflow!

Gulp Basics

Achieved
Jan 25, 2017
Achievement
Welcome to Gulp.js

Gulp Basics

Achieved
Jan 19, 2017
Achievement
Classes

Introducing ES2015

Achieved
Jan 17, 2017
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Objects and New Collection Types

Introducing ES2015

Achieved
Jan 17, 2017
Achievement
The Cooler Parts of ES2015

Introducing ES2015

Achieved
Jan 13, 2017
Achievement
ES2015 Basics

Introducing ES2015

Achieved
Jan 11, 2017
Achievement
DOM Traversal

Introduction to jQuery

Achieved
Jan 10, 2017
Achievement
DOM Manipulation

Introduction to jQuery

Achieved
Jan 9, 2017
Achievement
Events

Introduction to jQuery

Achieved
Jan 9, 2017
Achievement
Hello, jQuery!

Introduction to jQuery

Achieved
Jan 9, 2017
Achievement
Traversing the DOM

JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring)

Achieved
Jan 6, 2017
Achievement
Responding to User Interaction

Interacting with the DOM

Achieved
Jan 5, 2017
Achievement
Making Changes to the DOM

JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring)

Achieved
Jan 4, 2017
Achievement
Getting a Handle on the DOM

JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring)

Achieved
Dec 30, 2016
Achievement
The Browser Environment

JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring)

Achieved
Dec 28, 2016
Achievement
Doing More with Express

Express Basics (2015)

Achieved
Dec 23, 2016
Achievement
Serving Static Files in Express

Express Basics (2015)

Achieved
Dec 22, 2016
Achievement
Using Templates with Express

Express Basics (2015)

Achieved
Dec 22, 2016
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The Request and Response Objects in Express

Express Basics (2015)

Achieved
Dec 12, 2016
Achievement
Developing Express Apps Like a Boss

Express Basics (2015)

Achieved
Dec 8, 2016
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Getting Started with Express

Express Basics (2015)

Achieved
Dec 2, 2016
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Updating and Uninstalling Packages with npm

npm Basics (retiring)

Achieved
Nov 17, 2016
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Installing Packages with npm

npm Basics (retiring)

Achieved
Nov 17, 2016
Achievement
What is npm?

npm Basics (retiring)

Achieved
Nov 7, 2016
Achievement
HTTP Methods and Headers

Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js

Achieved
Nov 2, 2016
Achievement
Creating a Basic Template Engine in Node.js

Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js

Achieved
Nov 2, 2016
Achievement
Handling Routes in Node.js

Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js

Achieved
Nov 2, 2016
Achievement
Creating a Simple Server in Node.js

Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js

Achieved
Sep 30, 2016
Achievement
Building a Command Line Application

Node.js Basics (2014)

Achieved
Sep 16, 2016
Achievement
Quiz Practice Project

Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)

Achieved
Aug 24, 2016
Achievement
Prototypal Inheritance

Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)

Achieved
Aug 23, 2016
Achievement
Constructor Functions & Prototypes

Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)

Achieved
Aug 10, 2016
Achievement
Introduction to Methods

Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)

Achieved
Aug 8, 2016
Achievement
Using a jQuery Carousel

Using jQuery Plugins

Achieved
Aug 5, 2016
Achievement
Add a Sticky Navigation Bar

Using jQuery Plugins

Achieved
Aug 4, 2016
Achievement
Introducing jQuery Plugins

Using jQuery Plugins

Achieved
Aug 4, 2016
Achievement
Finding the Data You Want

SQL Basics

Achieved
Aug 3, 2016
Achievement
Getting Data from a Database

SQL Basics

Achieved
Aug 2, 2016
Achievement
Data, Databases and SQL

SQL Basics

Achieved
Aug 2, 2016
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Soft Skills - Psychology

Soft Skills

Achieved
Jul 28, 2016
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Writing Online

Soft Skills

Achieved
Jul 28, 2016
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Productivity

Soft Skills

Achieved
Jul 21, 2016
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Presentation Skills

Soft Skills

Achieved
Jul 21, 2016
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Important Skills For Professional Success

Soft Skills

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Jul 21, 2016
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Getting Started with MongoDB

Mongo Basics

Achieved
Jul 20, 2016
Achievement
Building Forms with Bootstrap

Bootstrap 4 Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Jul 15, 2016
Achievement
Using Bootstrap Components

Bootstrap 4 Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Jul 15, 2016
Achievement
Responsive Layouts with the Bootstrap Grid

Bootstrap 4 Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Jul 14, 2016
Achievement
Getting to Know Bootstrap 4

Bootstrap 4 Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Jul 14, 2016
Achievement
Create a Web Presence on GitHub

GitHub Basics

Achieved
Jul 12, 2016
Achievement
Working on a Team

GitHub Basics

Achieved
Jul 12, 2016
Achievement
Working By Yourself

GitHub Basics

Achieved
Jul 12, 2016
Achievement
Hello, GitHub!

GitHub Basics

Achieved
Jul 12, 2016
Achievement
Get Involved in Open Source

GitHub Basics

Achieved
Jul 12, 2016
Achievement
JavaScript Objects

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

Achieved
Feb 25, 2016
Achievement
JavaScript Arrays

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

Achieved
Feb 14, 2016
Achievement
JavaScript Loops

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

Achieved
Jan 27, 2016
Achievement
JavaScript Functions

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Jan 25, 2016
Achievement
JavaScript Conditional Statements

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Jan 24, 2016
Achievement
JavaScript Numbers

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Jan 23, 2016
Achievement
JavaScript Variables

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Jan 21, 2016
Achievement
Introduction to Node.js

Node.js Basics (2014)

Achieved
Jan 7, 2016
Achievement
Introducing JavaScript

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Nov 11, 2015
Achievement
DNS Basics

Technology Foundations

Achieved
Jul 15, 2015
Achievement
Graphic Basics

Technology Foundations

Achieved
Jul 8, 2015
Achievement
Starting a WordPress Theme

WordPress Theme Development

Achieved
Apr 28, 2015
Achievement
WWW

How the Web Works

Achieved
Apr 28, 2015
Achievement
WordPress Plugin Best Practices

How to Make a Website with WordPress

Achieved
Apr 15, 2015
Achievement
Widgets and Custom Menus

How to Make a Website with WordPress

Achieved
Apr 10, 2015
Achievement
Custom Post Types and Fields

How to Make a Website with WordPress

Achieved
Apr 10, 2015
Achievement
Customizing WordPress Themes

How to Make a Website with WordPress

Achieved
Apr 9, 2015
Achievement
WordPress Themes

How to Make a Website with WordPress

Achieved
Apr 9, 2015
Achievement
Installing Wordpress

How to Make a Website with WordPress

Achieved
Apr 6, 2015
Achievement
Finding Good WordPress Plugins and Themes

How to Build a WordPress Blog Without Coding

Achieved
Apr 6, 2015
Achievement
Managing Comments on a WordPress Blog

How to Build a WordPress Blog Without Coding

Achieved
Apr 6, 2015
Achievement
Working with Media in WordPress Blogs

How to Build a WordPress Blog Without Coding

Achieved
Apr 6, 2015
Achievement
Posts and Pages in WordPress

How to Build a WordPress Blog Without Coding

Achieved
Apr 6, 2015
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Blogging with WordPress Overview

How to Build a WordPress Blog Without Coding

Achieved
Apr 6, 2015
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WordPress Admin Settings

WordPress Admin Settings

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Apr 6, 2015
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WordPress User Roles

WordPress User Roles

Achieved
Apr 6, 2015
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The WordPress Codex

The WordPress Codex

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Apr 4, 2015
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Owning a WordPress Site Long Term

WordPress for Website Owners

Achieved
Apr 2, 2015
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WordPress Community Management

WordPress for Website Owners

Achieved
Apr 2, 2015
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Working with Media in WordPress

WordPress for Website Owners

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Apr 2, 2015
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Adding and Editing Content

WordPress for Website Owners

Achieved
Apr 2, 2015
Achievement
Getting a WordPress Site

WordPress for Website Owners

Achieved
Apr 2, 2015
Achievement
Getting Started with WordPress

Getting Started with WordPress

Achieved
Apr 2, 2015
Achievement
Website Basics

Website Basics

Achieved
Apr 1, 2015
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PHP Inheritance & Interfaces

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Apr 1, 2015
Achievement
PHP Properties & Methods

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Apr 1, 2015
Achievement
PHP Objects and Classes

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Apr 1, 2015
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Database Security

PHP & Databases with PDO

Achieved
Apr 1, 2015
Achievement
Queries & Results

PHP & Databases with PDO

Achieved
Mar 31, 2015
Achievement
Getting Started with PDO

PHP & Databases with PDO

Achieved
Mar 31, 2015
Achievement
Securing and Maintaining a MySQL Database

Database Foundations

Achieved
Mar 31, 2015
Achievement
SQL Calculating, Aggregating and Other Functions

Database Foundations

Achieved
Mar 31, 2015
Achievement
Manipulating Schema with SQL

Database Foundations

Achieved
Mar 30, 2015
Achievement
Joining Relational Data Between Tables in SQL

Database Foundations

Achieved
Mar 27, 2015
Achievement
Creating Tables and Manipulating Data with SQL

Database Foundations

Achieved
Mar 26, 2015
Achievement
Reading Data from Databases with SQL

Database Foundations

Achieved
Mar 26, 2015
Achievement
Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench

Database Foundations

Achieved
Mar 25, 2015
Achievement
Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL

Database Foundations

Achieved
Mar 24, 2015
Achievement
PHP Internal Functions

PHP Functions

Achieved
Mar 23, 2015
Achievement
PHP Returns & Closures

PHP Functions

Achieved
Mar 23, 2015
Achievement
PHP Functions Basics

PHP Functions

Achieved
Mar 23, 2015
Achievement
PHP Loops

PHP Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Mar 23, 2015
Achievement
PHP Conditionals

PHP Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Mar 23, 2015
Achievement
PHP Datatypes

PHP Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Mar 23, 2015
Achievement
PHP Data & Structure

PHP Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Mar 23, 2015
Achievement
PHP Getting Started

PHP Basics (Retired)

Achieved
Mar 23, 2015
Achievement
Paginating a List: Model and View

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Mar 22, 2015
Achievement
Paginating a List: Controller

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Mar 20, 2015
Achievement
Adding Search: Model

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Mar 19, 2015
Achievement
Adding Search: Controller & View

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Mar 19, 2015
Achievement
Treehouse Club - JavaScript

Treehouse Club: JavaScript

Achieved
Mar 18, 2015
Achievement
Treehouse Club - CSS

Treehouse Club: CSS

Achieved
Mar 18, 2015
Achievement
Refactoring the Codebase

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Mar 10, 2015
Achievement
Cleaning URLs with Rewrite Rules

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Mar 9, 2015
Achievement
Cleaning URLs with Subfolders

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Mar 1, 2015
Achievement
Integrating Validation Errors

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Mar 1, 2015
Achievement
Simple PHP Application: Wrapping Up The Project

Build a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Feb 27, 2015
Achievement
Working with PHP Functions

Build a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Feb 26, 2015
Achievement
Integrating With Paypal

Build a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Feb 24, 2015
Achievement
Listing Inventory Items

Build a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Feb 20, 2015
Achievement
Welcome to the Treehouse Club

Treehouse Club: HTML

Achieved
Feb 17, 2015
Achievement
Computer Languages

Computer Basics

Achieved
Feb 17, 2015
Achievement
Computer Basics

Computer Basics

Achieved
Feb 17, 2015
Achievement
Adding a Contact Form

Build a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Feb 10, 2015
Achievement
Creating the Menu and Footer

Build a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Feb 6, 2015
Achievement
Getting Started with PHP

Build a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Feb 5, 2015
Achievement
Forms

HTML

Achieved
Feb 2, 2015
Achievement
Tables

HTML

Achieved
Feb 2, 2015
Achievement
Objects

HTML

Achieved
Feb 2, 2015
Achievement
Links

HTML

Achieved
Feb 2, 2015
Achievement
Lists

HTML

Achieved
Feb 2, 2015
Achievement
Text

HTML

Achieved
Feb 2, 2015
Achievement
Introduction

HTML

Achieved
Feb 2, 2015
Achievement
Workflows

Git Basics

Achieved
Jan 31, 2015
Achievement
Working With Remote Repositories

Git Basics

Achieved
Jan 31, 2015
Achievement
Merging

Git Basics

Achieved
Jan 31, 2015
Achievement
Branches

Git Basics

Achieved
Jan 30, 2015
Achievement
Getting Started With Git

Git Basics

Achieved
Jan 30, 2015
Achievement
Why Version Control Matters

Git Basics

Achieved
Jan 30, 2015
Achievement
Installing Programs

Console Foundations

Achieved
Jan 29, 2015
Achievement
Environment and Redirection

Console Foundations

Achieved
Jan 29, 2015
Achievement
Console Processes

Console Foundations

Achieved
Jan 29, 2015
Achievement
Console Users and Permission

Console Foundations

Achieved
Jan 28, 2015
Achievement
Moving Around in the Console

Console Foundations

Achieved
Jan 28, 2015
Achievement
Chrome DevTools Basics

Website Optimization

Achieved
Jan 27, 2015
Achievement
Web Apps

Accessibility

Achieved
Jan 24, 2015
Achievement
Websites

Accessibility

Achieved
Jan 23, 2015
Achievement
Introduction

Accessibility

Achieved
Jan 23, 2015
Achievement
AJAX and APIs

AJAX Basics (retiring)

Achieved
Jan 22, 2015
Achievement
jQuery and AJAX

AJAX Basics (retiring)

Achieved
Jan 22, 2015
Achievement
Programming AJAX

AJAX Basics (retiring)

Achieved
Jan 16, 2015
Achievement
AJAX Concepts

AJAX Basics (retiring)

Achieved
Jan 15, 2015
Achievement
Custom Media Players

HTML Video and Audio (Retired)

Achieved
Jan 15, 2015
Achievement
Captioning Video

HTML Video and Audio (Retired)

Achieved
Jan 14, 2015
Achievement
Media Basics

HTML Video and Audio (Retired)

Achieved
Jan 14, 2015
Achievement
Structuring Tables

HTML Tables

Achieved
Jan 14, 2015
Achievement
Table Basics

HTML Tables

Achieved
Jan 14, 2015
Achievement
Creating a Simple Drawing Application

jQuery Basics (2014)

Achieved
Jan 14, 2015
Achievement
Creating a Password Confirmation Form

jQuery Basics (2014)

Achieved
Jan 13, 2015
Achievement
Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu

jQuery Basics (2014)

Achieved
Jan 12, 2015
Achievement
Creating a Simple Lightbox

jQuery Basics (2014)

Achieved
Jan 8, 2015
Achievement
Creating a Spoiler Revealer

jQuery Basics (2014)

Achieved
Jan 8, 2015
Achievement
Introduction to jQuery

jQuery Basics (2014)

Achieved
Jan 8, 2015
Achievement
Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript

Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

Achieved
Jan 7, 2015
Achievement
Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript

Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

Achieved
Jan 7, 2015
Achievement
JavaScript and the DOM

Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

Achieved
Jan 6, 2015
Achievement
Choosing Options

HTML Forms

Achieved
Jan 6, 2015
Achievement
Organizing Forms

HTML Forms

Achieved
Jan 6, 2015
Achievement
Form Basics

HTML Forms

Achieved
Jan 6, 2015
Achievement
JavaScript Objects

JavaScript Foundations

Achieved
Jan 6, 2015
Achievement
JavaScript Functions

JavaScript Foundations

Achieved
Jan 6, 2015
Achievement
JavaScript Arrays

JavaScript Foundations

Achieved
Jan 2, 2015
Achievement
JavaScript Numbers

JavaScript Foundations

Achieved
Dec 31, 2014
Achievement
JavaScript Strings

JavaScript Foundations

Achieved
Dec 31, 2014
Achievement
Introduction Variables

JavaScript Foundations

Achieved
Dec 31, 2014
Achievement
Functions

Introduction to Programming

Achieved
Dec 25, 2014
Achievement
Objects and Arrays

Introduction to Programming

Achieved
Dec 25, 2014
Achievement
Control Structures

Introduction to Programming

Achieved
Dec 25, 2014
Achievement
Basics

Introduction to Programming

Achieved
Dec 25, 2014
Achievement
Fundamental Concepts

CSS Basics (2014)

Achieved
Dec 24, 2014
Achievement
Designing with the Latest Features

CSS Basics (2014)

Achieved
Dec 24, 2014
Achievement
Basic Layout

CSS Basics (2014)

Achieved
Dec 23, 2014
Achievement
The Box Model

CSS Basics (2014)

Achieved
Dec 23, 2014
Achievement
Understanding Values and Units

CSS Basics (2014)

Achieved
Dec 23, 2014
Achievement
Basic Selectors

CSS Basics (2014)

Achieved
Dec 22, 2014
Achievement
Getting Started with CSS

CSS Basics (2014)

Achieved
Dec 21, 2014
Achievement
Debugging HTML and CSS Problems

How to Make a Website

Achieved
Dec 19, 2014
Achievement
Sharing a Website

How to Make a Website

Achieved
Dec 18, 2014
Achievement
Responsive Web Design and Testing

How to Make a Website

Achieved
Dec 18, 2014
Achievement
Adding Pages to a Website

How to Make a Website

Achieved
Dec 18, 2014
Achievement
Styling Web Pages and Navigation

How to Make a Website

Achieved
Dec 18, 2014
Achievement
Customizing Colors and Fonts

How to Make a Website

Achieved
Dec 17, 2014
Achievement
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets

How to Make a Website

Achieved
Dec 17, 2014
Achievement
Creating HTML Content

How to Make a Website

Achieved
Dec 17, 2014
Achievement
HTML First

How to Make a Website

Achieved
Dec 16, 2014
Achievement
Beginning HTML and CSS

How to Make a Website

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Dec 16, 2014
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Local WordPress Development

Local WordPress Development

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Dec 15, 2014
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Newbie

Achieved
Dec 14, 2014