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Patrick Serrano

Long Island

Open to Work

I've worked as a designer, web developer, systems administrator, production manager, printer, marketing strategist, communications consultant, and a helpdesk technician, among an assortment of other things.

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Skills & Experience

Company

East End Seaport Museum & Marine Faoundation
Job Title

Communications Consultant
Spoken Languages
- English

198 Achievements

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Collections

Swift Basics (retired)

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Nov 27, 2014
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Operators

Swift Basics (retired)

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Nov 26, 2014
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Types

Swift Basics (retired)

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Nov 26, 2014
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Variables and Constants

Swift Basics (retired)

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Nov 24, 2014
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Starting a Freelance Career

How to Freelance

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Aug 23, 2014
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Introduction to Game Design

Mobile Game Design

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Jun 5, 2014
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Why Version Control Matters

Git Basics

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Jun 3, 2014
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Installing Programs

Console Foundations

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May 30, 2014
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Environment and Redirection

Console Foundations

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May 30, 2014
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Console Processes

Console Foundations

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May 30, 2014
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Console Users and Permission

Console Foundations

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May 30, 2014
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Moving Around in the Console

Console Foundations

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May 30, 2014
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Selectors

CSS Foundations

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May 28, 2014
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Debugging HTML and CSS Problems

How to Make a Website

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May 28, 2014
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Sharing a Website

How to Make a Website

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May 28, 2014
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Responsive Web Design and Testing

How to Make a Website

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May 28, 2014
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Adding Pages to a Website

How to Make a Website

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May 27, 2014
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Styling Web Pages and Navigation

How to Make a Website

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May 26, 2014
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Customizing Colors and Fonts

How to Make a Website

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May 26, 2014
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CSS: Cascading Style Sheets

How to Make a Website

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May 26, 2014
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Creating HTML Content

How to Make a Website

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May 26, 2014
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HTML First

How to Make a Website

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May 25, 2014
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Beginning HTML and CSS

How to Make a Website

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May 25, 2014
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Finishing the User Interface

Implementing Designs for iPhone

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May 25, 2014
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Customizing Table View Controllers

Implementing Designs for iPhone

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May 24, 2014
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Custom Detail View Controller

Build a Diary App Using Core Data

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May 24, 2014
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Custom UITableViewCell

Build a Diary App Using Core Data

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May 22, 2014
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Using Auto Layout and Managing the Keyboard

Implementing Designs for iPhone

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May 21, 2014
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Testing and Debugging

Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7)

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May 20, 2014
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Animate This (iOS7)

Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7)

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May 20, 2014
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Designing your App

Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7)

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May 20, 2014
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Refactoring into a Model

Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7)

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May 20, 2014
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Creating a Data Collection

Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7)

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May 20, 2014
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Understanding Views and View Controllers

Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7)

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May 19, 2014
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Getting Started (iOS7)

Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7)

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May 19, 2014
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Beyond the Basics

Objective-C Basics (Retired)

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May 19, 2014
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Advanced Objective-C

Objective-C Basics (Retired)

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May 18, 2014
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Foundation Framework

Objective-C Basics (Retired)

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May 18, 2014
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Deleting Data

Build a Diary App Using Core Data

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May 14, 2014
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Listing Data using NSFetchedResultsController

Build a Diary App Using Core Data

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May 12, 2014
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Inserting and Saving Data

Build a Diary App Using Core Data

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May 12, 2014
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Understanding Core Data

Build a Diary App Using Core Data

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May 11, 2014
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Working with a Developer

Mobile App Design for iOS

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May 11, 2014
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Designing our App

Mobile App Design for iOS

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May 11, 2014
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Wireframing, Interaction Design and Planning

Mobile App Design for iOS

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May 10, 2014
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ADS Writing and Preparation

Mobile App Design for iOS

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May 9, 2014
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Introduction to UI Design

Mobile App Design for iOS

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May 9, 2014
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Appearance

iOS Foundations

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May 2, 2014
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Introduction to Objective-C

Objective-C Basics (Retired)

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May 2, 2014
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Pointers and Memory

Objective-C Basics (Retired)

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Apr 28, 2014
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Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench

Database Foundations

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Apr 22, 2014
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Web Apps

Accessibility

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Apr 21, 2014
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Websites

Accessibility

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Apr 20, 2014
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Introduction

Accessibility

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Apr 20, 2014
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Introduction to Design

Design Foundations

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Apr 20, 2014
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Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL

Database Foundations

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Apr 20, 2014
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Functional Programming in C

Objective-C Basics (Retired)

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Apr 5, 2014
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UIKit Dynamics

Build a Photo Browser iPhone App

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Apr 5, 2014
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View Controller Transitions

Build a Photo Browser iPhone App

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Apr 5, 2014
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Gestures

Build a Photo Browser iPhone App

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Apr 5, 2014
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What is an API?

Build a Photo Browser iPhone App

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Apr 5, 2014
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Downloading Data with NSURLSession

Build a Photo Browser iPhone App

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Apr 5, 2014
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Collection Views

Build a Photo Browser iPhone App

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Apr 5, 2014
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Cocoapods

iOS Tools

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Apr 5, 2014
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Getting Started with CSS

CSS Foundations

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Apr 4, 2014
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Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4

Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4

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Mar 4, 2014
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Fundamentals of C

Objective-C Basics (Retired)

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Feb 12, 2014
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Preparing to Code WordPress Templates

How to Build a WordPress Theme

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Dec 31, 2013
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WordPress Theme Functions

How to Build a WordPress Theme

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Dec 31, 2013
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WordPress Theme Templates

How to Build a WordPress Theme

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Dec 31, 2013
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Content Strategy with WordPress

How to Build a WordPress Theme

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Dec 31, 2013
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Notifications

iOS Foundations

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Nov 11, 2013
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Implementing Custom Login and Sign Up Screens

Implementing Designs for iPhone

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Nov 10, 2013
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Retrieving and Viewing Data from Parse.com

Build a Self-Destructing Message iPhone App

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Nov 9, 2013
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Capturing Photo and Video Using UIImagePickerController

Build a Self-Destructing Message iPhone App

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Nov 4, 2013
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DNS Basics

Technology Foundations

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Sep 21, 2013
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API Access

iOS Foundations

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Sep 10, 2013
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Workflow Basics

Photoshop Foundations

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Sep 10, 2013
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Slices & Save for Web

Photoshop Foundations

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Sep 10, 2013
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Relating Users in Parse.com

Build a Self-Destructing Message iPhone App

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Sep 2, 2013
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Using Parse.com as a Backend and Adding Users

Build a Self-Destructing Message iPhone App

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Sep 1, 2013
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Designing and Starting the App

Build a Self-Destructing Message iPhone App

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Aug 31, 2013
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Viewing a Web Page

Build a Blog Reader iPhone App

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Jun 22, 2013
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Adapting Data for Display

Build a Blog Reader iPhone App

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Jun 20, 2013
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Building the Friendship UI

Building Social Features in Ruby on Rails

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Mar 18, 2013
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CSS Box Model

CSS Foundations

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Mar 11, 2013
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Data Modeling

Build a Blog Reader iPhone App

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Mar 9, 2013
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Web View

iOS Foundations

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Feb 9, 2013
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Storyboards

iOS Foundations

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Feb 8, 2013
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Automatic Reference Counting

iOS Foundations

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Feb 7, 2013
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Getting Data from the Web

Build a Blog Reader iPhone App

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Feb 2, 2013
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Rebuilding from Scratch

Build a Blog Reader iPhone App

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Jan 19, 2013
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Creating Friendships

Building Social Features in Ruby on Rails

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Dec 30, 2012
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jQuery Plugins

Build an Interactive Website

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Dec 28, 2012
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Form Validation and Manipulation

Build an Interactive Website

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Dec 28, 2012
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Introduction to jQuery

Build an Interactive Website

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Dec 27, 2012
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JavaScript Objects

JavaScript Foundations

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Dec 26, 2012
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JavaScript Functions

JavaScript Foundations

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Dec 24, 2012
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Advanced Techniques

Build a Responsive Website

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Dec 24, 2012
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JavaScript Arrays

JavaScript Foundations

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Dec 23, 2012
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JavaScript Numbers

JavaScript Foundations

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Dec 23, 2012
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Vector Shapes

Photoshop Foundations

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Dec 22, 2012
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Ruby Loops

Ruby Foundations

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Dec 21, 2012
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JavaScript Strings

JavaScript Foundations

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Dec 21, 2012
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Introduction Variables

JavaScript Foundations

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Dec 20, 2012
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Responsive Design

Build a Responsive Website

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Dec 19, 2012
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Adaptive Design

Build a Responsive Website

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Dec 19, 2012
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Fluid Foundation

Build a Responsive Website

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Dec 18, 2012
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Introduction to Responsive Web Design

Build a Responsive Website

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Dec 18, 2012
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Exploring the Master-Detail Template

Build a Blog Reader iPhone App

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Dec 18, 2012
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Launching the Website

Build a Simple Website

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Dec 15, 2012
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Styling Content

Build a Simple Website

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Dec 15, 2012
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Creating a Website Structure

Build a Simple Website

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Dec 15, 2012
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Share Your Creation

Build a Simple iPhone App

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Dec 13, 2012
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Animate This

Build a Simple iPhone App

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Dec 13, 2012
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Shaking Things Up

Build a Simple iPhone App

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Oct 29, 2012
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Making It Pretty

Build a Simple iPhone App

Achieved
Oct 17, 2012
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Rails Deployment

Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application

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Oct 9, 2012
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Learning the Language

Build a Simple iPhone App

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Oct 5, 2012
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Building the Profile Page

Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application

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Oct 5, 2012
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Testing the Whole App

Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application

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Oct 4, 2012
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Rails Routing

Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application

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Oct 3, 2012
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Writing Tests

Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application

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Oct 2, 2012
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Customizing Ruby on Rails Forms

Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application

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Oct 2, 2012
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Treehouse Scholarship

Achieved
Sep 27, 2012
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Ruby on Rails Authentication

Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application

Achieved
Sep 21, 2012
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Getting Started with iPhone

Build a Simple iPhone App

Achieved
Sep 20, 2012
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Rails Frontend Development

Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application

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Sep 9, 2012
Achievement
Getting Started With Rails

Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application

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Sep 9, 2012
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Text Editors and HTML

Build a Simple Website

Achieved
Aug 26, 2012
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Website Basics

Build a Simple Website

Achieved
Aug 26, 2012
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Media Queries

CSS3

Achieved
Jun 30, 2012
Achievement
CSS3

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Jun 30, 2012
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Animation

CSS3

Achieved
Jun 29, 2012
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Ruby Methods

Ruby Foundations

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Jun 25, 2012
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Ruby Hashes

Ruby Foundations

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Jun 24, 2012
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Functions

Introduction to Programming

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Jun 24, 2012
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Introduction to Programming

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Jun 24, 2012
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Objects and Arrays

Introduction to Programming

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Jun 24, 2012
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Ruby Arrays

Ruby Foundations

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Jun 23, 2012
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Web Fonts

CSS3

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Jun 18, 2012
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Backgrounds

CSS3

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Jun 18, 2012
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Gradients

CSS3

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Jun 18, 2012
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Online Dating

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Jun 17, 2012
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Taking The Perfect Profile Picture

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Jun 17, 2012
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Chair Yoga

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Jun 17, 2012
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Type Tools

Photoshop Foundations

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Jun 17, 2012
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Masks Basics

Photoshop Foundations

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Jun 17, 2012
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Layer Basics

Photoshop Foundations

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Jun 17, 2012
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Workspace Basics

Photoshop Foundations

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Jun 17, 2012
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Control Structures

Introduction to Programming

Achieved
Jun 17, 2012
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Basics

Introduction to Programming

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Jun 17, 2012
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Mobile

Responsive Web Design Foundations

Achieved
Jun 17, 2012
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Responsive Web Design

Achieved
Jun 17, 2012
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Fundamentals

Responsive Web Design Foundations

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Jun 16, 2012
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Multi-Column Layouts

CSS3

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Jun 16, 2012
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Transforms

CSS3

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Jun 15, 2012
Achievement
Ruby Numbers

Ruby Foundations

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Jun 15, 2012
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Ruby Strings

Ruby Foundations

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Jun 15, 2012
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Objects, Classes, and Variables

Ruby Foundations

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Jun 15, 2012
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Transitions

CSS3

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Jun 14, 2012
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Borders

CSS3

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Jun 13, 2012
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Typography

CSS3

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Jun 11, 2012
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Selectors

CSS3

Achieved
Jun 11, 2012
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Video

HTML5 Foundations

Achieved
Jun 11, 2012
Achievement
HTML5

Achieved
Jun 11, 2012
Achievement
Ruby Basics

Ruby Foundations

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
Achievement
Graphic Basics

Technology Foundations

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Jun 10, 2012
Achievement
Basics

HTML5 Foundations

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Jun 10, 2012
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Color Theory

Aesthetic Foundations

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Jun 10, 2012
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Aesthetic Foundations

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Jun 10, 2012
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Principles

Aesthetic Foundations

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Jun 10, 2012
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Elements

Aesthetic Foundations

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
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Website Basics

Website Basics

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
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Mastery Challenge

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
Achievement
CSS

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
Achievement
Framework Foundations

CSS Foundations - Version 1

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
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Printing

CSS Foundations - Version 1

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
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Page Layout

CSS Foundations - Version 1

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
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Box Model

CSS Foundations - Version 1

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
Achievement
Text Code Challenge

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
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Text

CSS Foundations - Version 1

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Jun 10, 2012
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Data Types

CSS Foundations - Version 1

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
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Selector Code Challenge

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Jun 10, 2012
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Selectors

CSS Foundations - Version 1

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Jun 10, 2012
Achievement
Introduction

CSS Foundations - Version 1

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Jun 10, 2012
Achievement
HTML Master

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
Achievement
HTML

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
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Forms

HTML

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
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Tables Challenge

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
Achievement
Tables

HTML

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
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Objects

HTML

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Jun 10, 2012
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Links

HTML

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
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List Challenge

Achieved
Jun 10, 2012
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Lists

HTML

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Jun 10, 2012
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Text

HTML

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Jun 10, 2012
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Introduction

HTML

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Jun 9, 2012
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Newbie

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Jun 9, 2012