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Kyle Case
44,857 PointsMaster's Course - Building teamtreehouse.com
I've been a Treehouse user for a few years now. I've taken tons of courses, completed several paths, and truly love this site and all of it's tutorials. The thing I still lack, is the ability to tie all of these skills together and build a production-ready application.
I would LOVE to have a master's course that goes through everything that goes into building this site itself, teamtreehouse.com. It could start with design phases in Sketch/Photoshop. Building functionality with Ruby on Rails - auth, users, payments, courses, paths, scores etc. Building an iOS application that consumes resources from Ruby on Rails API. Building a front-end web application, building automated tests, deploying, and more.
This would be a huge effort, but I think learning all of these things in the context of a site we're all familiar with would be invaluable and really solidify all of the concepts throughout.
I wouldn't want them to reveal all of their IP (I think their course content is the real differentiator anyway), but I just think it could be an incredible learning experience. I've been sitting on this idea for a while now, so I just thought I'd share. Love to hear anyone else's thoughts on this.
3 Answers
Evan Demaris
64,262 PointsIt'd be ambitious, but I don't know that it would be sensible for them to do that because it'd result in websites competitive to their own popping up a dime a dozen.
Kyle Case
44,857 PointsI understand your argument, I just think that it is very unlikely someone would have any success doing that in reality.
Kara Proulx
Treehouse StaffHey Kyle,
We may recommend checking out our Techdegrees to see if that would be a good fit for you. This goes into a more in depth focus on those topics and will also have you work through 12 real-world projects that you can share through a portfolio to future employers. We hope this helps!
Best, Kara
Kyle Case
44,857 PointsKyle Case
44,857 PointsThere already are tons of learning sites out there. The ability to build the site isn't their "secret sauce". They have amazing content + a great team that sets them apart. It is extremely unlikely that a competitor would have any real success by just copying their code.
Evan Demaris
64,262 PointsEvan Demaris
64,262 PointsThere are tons of learning sites out there, many of which are popular, which is the point - why encourage your students to go out and make another?
Any student that fails to surpass their master is a poor student. If you do well in your learning, you wouldn't just copy their code but improve upon it with your own innovations, building your own team, making your own amazing content.