Melissa Benton
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Melissa Benton

Techdegree Graduate

Member Since March 20, 2021
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Skills & Experience

160 Achievements

  • Python: Inheritance
  • Python: Instant Objects
  • The Time Tracker
  • The Birthday App
  • Date and Time Basics
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Practice Functions
  • All Together Now
  • Functions and Looping
  • Types and Branching
  • Meet Python
  • Creating a Long Term Business
  • Protecting Yourself With Contracts
  • Establishing a Proper Workflow
  • Pricing and Project Proposals
  • Finding Your First Project
  • Starting a Freelance Career
  • Captioning Video
  • Media Basics
  • Combine and Minify Assets
  • Optimize Assets
  • Measuring Performance
  • Planning for Performance
  • WWW
  • Responsive Patterns
  • Media Queries
  • GET and POST Requests in a Browser
  • Introduction to HTTP
  • Responsive Theory
  • Art Direction with the Picture Element
  • Image Delivery with Srcset and Sizes
  • Putting It All Together
  • Embracing the Process
  • Curating the Work
  • Portfolio Goals
  • Demystifying the Portfolio
  • Building Forms With Bootstrap
  • Using Bootstrap Components
  • Responsive Layouts With the Bootstrap Grid
  • Getting to Know Bootstrap 4
  • Combining Array Methods
  • Array Manipulation
  • Array Iteration
  • Practice forEach
  • Exploring Async/Await
  • Understanding Promises
  • Asynchronous JavaScript with Callbacks
  • What is Asynchronous Programming?
  • Programming AJAX
  • AJAX Concepts
  • Callbacks and the DOM
  • Callbacks with Timers
  • Introduction to Callback Functions
  • Checking Out and Returning a Book
  • Starting with Some Methods
  • The Rough Plan
  • Practicing Getters and Setters
  • Getters and Setters
  • Working with Classes in JavaScript
  • Practicing Classes
  • Object Basics
  • Practicing Object Basics
  • Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
  • Keyframe and Line Drawing Animations
  • Transitions and Transforms
  • Creating an SVG
  • Introduction to SVG
  • Improving the Application Code
  • Editing and Filtering Names
  • Adding and Removing Names
  • Traversing the DOM
  • Responding to User Interaction
  • Making Changes to the DOM
  • Getting a Handle on the DOM
  • The Browser Environment
  • JavaScript Tools and Workflows
  • JavaScript is Everywhere
  • 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
  • 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!
  • Going Further with Grid Layout
  • Flexible Sized Grids
  • Introducing Grid Layout
  • Add Reusable Logic to Your Sass
  • Write Smart and Efficient CSS with Sass
  • Improve Your Workflow with Sass
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • Adding 3D Effects with CSS
  • Getting Started with CSS Transforms
  • Transition Timing Functions and Delays
  • Getting Started with CSS Transitions
  • GitHub and Other Remote Repositories
  • Managing Committed Files
  • First Commits
  • Common Commands
  • Directories and Files
  • The Command Shell
  • Build an Accessible Form
  • Introduction To Accessibility
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
  • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Building a Layout with Flexbox
  • Flexbox Properties
  • Understanding Flexbox
  • Mobile-First CSS Layout
  • 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
  • Treehouse Festival 2021
  • Basic Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • 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
  • Newbie