Just wondering if anyone out there has used Treehouse learning and could rate what their experience was like. I was thinking of joining up as I am interested in the responsive design tutorials but would consider subscribing for longer if it was thought to be worth it.
Not lately. Most of my projects lately involve WordPress and I'm pretty comfortable there. I definitely use a lot of resources, but not really tutorials anymore.
I am familiar with Lynda tuts and I love them. I was wondering how the Treehouse tuts compare to Lynda, but I don't want to subscribe before knowing lol.
@standuncan - I have used Lynda too and think they are excellent. I learned quite a lot from those (and here!) but thought it might be worth checking Treehouse out.
I actually wrote treehouse the other day and they sent me a screen shot of some of the full tutorials. It looks very promising for newer folks in the field or people wanting to brush up. They don't have a huge selection like Lynda does, but I am sure they will get there. I like that their tutorials are specific to web design and they appear to be using the current practices which is a plus.
I think they are worth a month subscription to see what is behind the doors. I plan on checking it out when I get the chance. Hopefully over the holidays.
:).... thier tutorials are in parts..i mean just sections and sections..i think they are more profit oriented..so you have to wait for months to learn and also pay for it... Not like other competitors..
Institutions like codeschool and treehouse need defined learning outcomes and some kind of recognized credentialing system for their badges to have value in the job marketplace. What's their plan? Their sites do not say.
@xefned They do. Companies like Facebook will be using the Treehouse badges to recruit for internships and jobs.
Ryan Carson (founder): “We’ve done partnerships with Facebook, WordPress and LivingSocial,” Mr. Carson said. “They’re going to start recruiting people who’ve unlocked our badges for internships and jobs.”
It's exciting to see everyone talking about Treehouse! Let me see if I can answer some of your questions.
Our product team, video teams, and teaching teams are now up to a total of 24 full-time people. At the end of 2010 it was just 3. :) Needless to say, we're ramping up quickly, so any gaps that still exist in our library are going to be filled in with new badges very soon. Each badge includes an average of 5 videos, a quiz, and an unlockable badge that is displayed on your public profile after you've passed the quiz. We also have interactive code challenges for HTML and CSS. Very soon we'll be adding code challenges for CSS, Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, Objective-C, and more. Our teachers make themselves very available via our official Facebook Group, Twitter, and email if you ever have any questions.
We also have many exciting partners including Automattic (creators of WordPress), LivingSocial, Facebook, and more. These will be hand picking members for internships and job opportunities based on what badges they have unlocked. So, not only are we teaching, we're also trying to get people hired. Woohoo! :)
I hope that helps. If you have any questions you want to ask me directly, I'd be happy to answer them! I'm @nickrp on Twitter if you'd like to reach me that way.
Not sure how you justify $25 to $50 for the content that you have now. If you are growing then why not discount your membership till you have the content that supports the price of a membership. Just saying.
personally, i love treehouse! ive been a member for almost a year (back then they were think vitamin) and my skills have more than doubled since joining.
What I'd like to know is what happens to your "badges" when you discontinue your subscription to Treehouse? You wouldn't have an account anymore, so I'd assume it all goes away. While I have watched several of their tutorials via a sample disc that was in .net magazine, and I really think they do a good job, I guess I'd like to have something that I can put on a resume. After taking the time to learn, I want something that is recognized by others, not just some badge I get from a website, you know? It's one reason that I've been looking at things like O'Reilly Schools rather than Treehouse.
I just want to clarify a few issues raised above. I have spoke to customer support quite extensively at Treehouse and they have made it abundantly clear that you are entitled to download all the titles you want within the subscription period. You can then keep those downloads without breaching any terms provided you don't share them.
Furthermore, you are not bound to complete the badges or complete the exercises in any sequence either. It is purely optional. Hope that helps.
Just a quick note: I used Treehouse on a Gold membership for a month and their tutorials were very good, especially the master classes, one of which details the full project lifecycle between designer and developer on a mock project using an Agile PM methodology. The customer service is also very helpful. You can download all the videos and project files to keep on the Gold membership but they are producing new ones all the time. Well worth my $50.
@krysak4ever I think Gold membership entitles you to download all the videos for all subjects while silver only allows you to view for the period of your membership. There are a lot of exercise files, such as master classes and archived topics, that are not immediately viewable but are there when you get used to the navigation...a slight drawback to the site IMO. Gold membership also gets you access to some seminar talks but I had to contact TH customer service direct to get the login & password. I got a lot out of the month when I used the service, mainly because I downloaded all the available vids and files in that time.
I've tried treehouse and I cancelled. Sorry, but their videos are not that extensive. I feel that $50 is way too much. I've used Lynda.com and she has way more videos, but to the point that it's overwhelming and it's hard to make out what you should learn first. There are so many services out there. For a web designer, I had good luck with http://www.trainsimple.com - they have a membership site, but I buy their apps for my iPad for $10. http://www.pluralsight.com is ok too, but pricer like treehouse. $50 is too much for what treehouse offers.
@tobeeornot, CodeAcademy is great for beginners or brushing up , but I don't think it's extensive enough for learning 'cutting edge new' stuff.
The site currently offers Javascript, HTML and some CSS and has just introduced Python. It's great for an introduction, which I'm planning to do with Python.
Try it out, it's free (for now, not sure if there's plans on monetizing it, it's had some investment from the sound of it)
*Massive Edit* Apoligies, I was writing about codeacademy.com, not .org. .org seems to be what you were on about. Struggling to find a difference, they both seem to have the same twitter but offer different things?
ptibbetts, thanks for that link!
I think that team treehouse is pumped up with money and really good marketing. They have a google guy a twitter guy a bunch of other guys who could sell bridges to bankers. But they have almost no content and a nonsense badge system.
Beware: TeamTreeHouse does not like to give refunds even if there has been no usage on the account. Pay with a credit card and NOT Paypal so you can easily deny the charge. I'm in the middle of a Paypal dispute...
Also - are people really saying they have an empty library? There's about 700 odd videos on there. You can select what you want to learn for your personal endeavour and that populates your home screen with mini courses.
I actually really like Treehouse as a refresher and learning new stuff like Ruby.
I currently have a gold sub and already spent about 20 hours on different courses to try and have a total view of what they have to offer. Unfortunately the courses and the material cover only beginner levels and no way near a level where you can work with the topics involved. The level is under the level that codeacademy offers. That being said I would say teamtreehouse is a waste of money for the time being (May 2013). I like the implementation and the topics they pick but the material itself is a joke - sorry!
conclusion: don't pay these guys until they have some real stuff to teach and share. You can find way better material for free
Hope this helps the next ones like me and save them some bucks.
If anyone has read any reviews that would be great too.
I had signed up for one month..but not worth it...not anything near to LYNDA or Web design tuts..
I've also heard a lot about http://codecademy.com
@ChristopherBurton - what have you heard about http://codecademy.com? Looks like a good idea to me...and it's free.
It has had a lot of response, especially from the design community.
Ryan Carson (founder): “We’ve done partnerships with Facebook, WordPress and LivingSocial,” Mr. Carson said. “They’re going to start recruiting people who’ve unlocked our badges for internships and jobs.”
- New York Times
It's exciting to see everyone talking about Treehouse! Let me see if I can answer some of your questions.
Our product team, video teams, and teaching teams are now up to a total of 24 full-time people. At the end of 2010 it was just 3. :) Needless to say, we're ramping up quickly, so any gaps that still exist in our library are going to be filled in with new badges very soon. Each badge includes an average of 5 videos, a quiz, and an unlockable badge that is displayed on your public profile after you've passed the quiz. We also have interactive code challenges for HTML and CSS. Very soon we'll be adding code challenges for CSS, Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, Objective-C, and more. Our teachers make themselves very available via our official Facebook Group, Twitter, and email if you ever have any questions.
We also have many exciting partners including Automattic (creators of WordPress), LivingSocial, Facebook, and more. These will be hand picking members for internships and job opportunities based on what badges they have unlocked. So, not only are we teaching, we're also trying to get people hired. Woohoo! :)
I hope that helps. If you have any questions you want to ask me directly, I'd be happy to answer them! I'm @nickrp on Twitter if you'd like to reach me that way.
Cheers,
Nick Pettit
Teaching Lead
Treehouse
over all they want to see a solid portfolio.
Furthermore, you are not bound to complete the badges or complete the exercises in any sequence either. It is purely optional. Hope that helps.
I looked here
http://teamtreehouse.com/library
is this like preview for each section (html, css), where you can watch only few videos or are there more videos when I pay for GOLD membership ?
for free 23 videos
http://teamtreehouse.com/library/design-foundations/html
after paying is there more videos or only thing I get is the ability to download them?
ok, thanks for answer
I like to watch videos offline on my notebook so downloading is a good option
thanks for opinion and the links
The site currently offers Javascript, HTML and some CSS and has just introduced Python. It's great for an introduction, which I'm planning to do with Python.
Try it out, it's free (for now, not sure if there's plans on monetizing it, it's had some investment from the sound of it)
*Massive Edit*
Apoligies, I was writing about codeacademy.com, not .org.
.org seems to be what you were on about. Struggling to find a difference, they both seem to have the same twitter but offer different things?
ptibbetts, thanks for that link! I think that team treehouse is pumped up with money and really good marketing. They have a google guy a twitter guy a bunch of other guys who could sell bridges to bankers. But they have almost no content and a nonsense badge system.
I do not like TreeHouse as well
tutsplus.com is winner for me
After using it myself, I think the videos are a bit dragged out. It seems suited for kids more than adults with the whole Frog thing and the "jokes".
One more worth mentioning is the new boston
They also have forums that can be very helpful - AND IT'S FREE!
I don't understand the team treehouse site, I couldn't find the main library. Is that all they have for videos? I think I must be missing something.
haha, no dude, thats all they got! ribbit ribbit. Sucker site!
Beware: TeamTreeHouse does not like to give refunds even if there has been no usage on the account. Pay with a credit card and NOT Paypal so you can easily deny the charge. I'm in the middle of a Paypal dispute...
Seriously!?
I don't use them myself but were you misled in someway?
I find it difficult to believe that anyone could win a real dispute with the argument that "I signed up but didn't use it so I want my money back!"
Caveat Emptor...baby!
Can't you download the videos if you have a subscription? How can you prove you didn't?
Also - are people really saying they have an empty library? There's about 700 odd videos on there. You can select what you want to learn for your personal endeavour and that populates your home screen with mini courses.
I actually really like Treehouse as a refresher and learning new stuff like Ruby.
I go on treehouse a lot. It is a very good way to web development, or iOS development. Unlike many other sites the videos are not so dry and boring.
I use Treehouse all the time really helps with the little things! i found this on twitter and worked for me hope it does the same for you.
treehouse is the bomb, that said, if you feel ready for more advanced topics check out codeschool.
Treehouse is good for web, and iOS, but not so much Android.
I currently have a gold sub and already spent about 20 hours on different courses to try and have a total view of what they have to offer. Unfortunately the courses and the material cover only beginner levels and no way near a level where you can work with the topics involved. The level is under the level that codeacademy offers. That being said I would say teamtreehouse is a waste of money for the time being (May 2013). I like the implementation and the topics they pick but the material itself is a joke - sorry! conclusion: don't pay these guys until they have some real stuff to teach and share. You can find way better material for free
Hope this helps the next ones like me and save them some bucks.
They have been in around for awhile now so I don't think the material will get much better.