Coding education platform Treehouse is the first in the race to revolutionize web development education to get a traditional book deal. The series will be released by Wiley Publishing, starting with HTML5 Foundations by Matt West soon to be followed by CSS3 and iOS6 books.
The books are authored by Treehouse experts and are packed with innovative design ideas and practical skill-building information. The books are perfect for web developers, web designers, or career-changers who are interested in supplementing the practical application of new skills with the foundations of web development.
While many coding education platforms like Codecademy do a great job of getting users to start coding right away in the browser to onboard customers faster, there is a major gap between making javascript work in your browser and knowing the foundations of why and how it works. With the launch of the Treehouse book series, this gap is closed. Not only can users sign up for video and project-based learning on the Treehouse website, the books now provide the knowledge backbone of the Treehouse platform.
According to Treehouse CEO Ryan Carson, “Students need different learning mediums. Some do very well with video and there are others that excel with the written format. That’s where our book series comes in. We’re starting off our book series with books on how to build websites first. Eventually we’ll have a book for each of our major curriculum areas.”
According to HTML5 Foundations author Matt West, “The goal of the Treehouse book series is to teach readers the skills they will need to actually go out and get a job. Too many of the books on the market today teach students web design using examples that are not relevant to the real world. We wanted to change that.” In addition to being the author of HTML5 Foundations, he is also the founder of Developer City, a design and development studio located in the UK.
HTML5 Foundations is only available via preorder right now, but the team at Treehouse has generously decided to offer a digital copy of HTML5 Foundations for free to the first 10 people who comment on this post. Leave a comment and tell us about what you think about the future of education platforms, and we’ll connect you with your exclusive digital copy of HTML5 Foundations.
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Response design was the main element I looked for when building my new site.
@BRoodman Hi! Thanks for commenting. You can email me at kathryn.hough@techli.com and I'll connect you with the download instructions.
Great news, been looking for a solid HTML5 book!
@KennyKline Kenny, email kathryn.hough@techli.com and I'll connect you with the Treehouse team for download instructions.
AWESOME. Apparently I fail at reading comprehension. Thanks for the heads-up Techli.
@Stefan2322222 Hi Stefan, send an email to kathryn.hough@techli.com and we'll connect you with the Treehouse team. Sorry to send you to a million different web properties, ha! But I do need your email to send you instructions.
Awesome!! Can't wait to check it out. Been looking for a good HTML5 book.
@JinLogic Thanks for commenting! Email me at kathryn.hough@techli.com and I'll connect you with the Treeshouse team.
Yay for the good guys. The Treehhouse staff is phenominal. They really do interact with their customers. I'm second-guessing the pursuit of a degree because of what they have available. Schools aren't teaching this stuff.
@McMattgr Shoot me an email kathryn.hough@techli.com and I'll connect you with the Treehouse folks.
I'm always up for a new HTML5 book -- too bad I'm not teaching that anymore.
@KenFricklas Ken - you got it! I'll send the Treehouse folks your email and they will be sending further instructions.
I was actually just looking for a good HTML5 resource! Plus I love what the guys over at Treehouse are doing, so pretty much a win-win :)
@Ruckus Sweet! So happy to see your face on here! Shoot me your email kathryn.hough@techli.com and I'll connect you with Treehouse for the digital download. Hope you had a happy thanksgiving!
Did I just miss this? I'd love to attempt to be a geek. :)
@Arrs You are already a geek through and through, haha. I'll send the Treehouse folks your email and they will take it from there.
@kathrynhough @Arrs LOL. Thanks! :)
So, am I too late? really hope I can win this so this can speed up my learning process.
@Arilontong Nope, you just made it! Send me an email kathryn.hough@techli.com and I'll send your email address to the folks at Treehouse.
@kathrynhough thanks Kathryn. really appreciate this. Email was sent. Let me know if you got it. Thanks again.
Cool. I'm surprised they didn't mention about this book on their blog, facebook or twitter. Congrats to those who won.
And I think Treehouse's platform is great. I think more colleges should teach what employers want to have in current designers developers, not just the basics.
@shyles25 Thanks for commenting! Send an email to kathryn.hough@techli.com and I'll send your email address over to Treehouse so they can hook you up with your digital copy of the book.
@kathrynhough Thanks. Email sent!