Monday 20 January 2014

Treehouse Online Technology Training

If you are looking to learn new technology skills, the Treehouse can help you with online training in web development, mobile app creation and coding and other areas of modern business using the Internet.

Treehouse enables anytime, anywhere learning accessed online at the learner's convenience. The flexibility is further increased with what at the time of writing is a low-cost monthly subscription model, starting at $25 per month.

Courses take around 45 hours of study for part-time learning, and they can be paused if necessary for other personal commitments and restarted later.

The site caters for beginner through to expert professional level and includes training courses for the following technologies:


  • HTML - Building simple websites and accessibility 
  • WordPress - for bloggers / website owners, WordPress building a theme and building a plugin 
  • Javascript - Foundations, introduction to programming and building an interactive website 
  • Writing a business plan, how to start a business, freelancing, blogging to build your business, soft skills, business marketing, copyright, career foundations and building your company. 
  • CSS - Foundations, framework basics, building a responsive website and Sass foundations 
  • Ruby - Foundations, building a simple application, building social features in Ruby on Rails and more 
  • Design - HTML emails, logo design basics, usability foundations, Illustrator and Photoshop foundations, and aesthetics. 
  • Several other course ranges that include IOS and Android mobile application development, and PHP. 
The website at www.teamtreehouse.com offers a free trial and the online course allow you not only to learn, but practise your skills and take tests. It looks a worthwhile investment if you are keen to enhance your web-based technology skills with a view to a career change or progression, but dont have the time for traditional, face to face training courses.