Treehouse is the October Electronic Resource of the
Month. Treehouse is an online
interactive siter for learning topics related to web development, web design,
and app development. It has more that
1,000 videos and includes interactive exercises and quizzes. The courses are aimed at beginners. When you first access the site you will need
to create an account using a valid library card and email address. Once logged on you can select:
- Tracks – Over 190 courses organized into 10 catergories. Tracks are designed in a step-by-step instruction format. A track takes about 25 hours to complete.
- Library – The complete course catalog. You can browse by topic, level of difficulty, or latest releases.
- Forum – Post a question or engage indiscussion with other participants.
- Workspaces – Practice code writing on the workspace platform. Students are able to create up to 100 workspaces. Each workspace has the capacity of 50 MB.
Treeshouse is available from the Research & Homework
section of the library’s website (http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework#T). You will need to have your library card handy
to access the resource.
