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Kula Dudley
Kula Dudley
1,069 Points
Posted by Kula Dudley
Kula Dudley
1,069 Points

Workspace or Software like Workspace for Business purpose

I'm very much a beginner. Can Treehouse students use Treehouse workspaces to create websites for business purpose. If not, what are good ones out there that I can use to do my coding like I do on the workspaces from Treehouse in order to be able to make a living as a web designer? Thanks in advance

3 Answers

Kula Dudley
Kula Dudley
1,069 Points
Kula Dudley
Kula Dudley
1,069 Points

Thank you, Kevin and Scott. Your comments are helpful!

Scott Peake
Scott Peake
17,052 Points

No worries!! Just as an aside... Though I think I implied it in my answer, maybe I should be specific about something: Workspaces is NOT just for lessons, it's really just a place to EXPLORE!!!

Have fun Kula!

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

I don't know about the legality side, but in general, there are a few options.

If you like the web based IDE that is workspaces, you can also look at Cloud9 as a similar option. Depending on your language of choice, there are a few other IDEs that can be downloaded to your computer. And finally, you can download a text editor like Sublime Text, and build your websites that way. Going this route generally involves also downloading and installing a server so you can view your webpage in the browser. This is usually quite easy to do.

Scott Peake
Scott Peake
17,052 Points
Scott Peake
Scott Peake
17,052 Points

Workspaces is a wonderful tool for coding, even if your ultimate goal is creating a business site. I think Treehouse has rules (and filters) preventing the hosting of a business site, but I am sure they'd have no problem with you using your time as a student to create wonderful sites using Workspaces.

One of the best things about using Workspaces for your code development is that it takes out the need for knowing the "server-side" of things. Sure, you can write code on your own computer with one of several editors available, and take a look at it in a browser even without being connected to the net. While HTML and CSS display properly, most advanced functions (JavaScript, PHP, etc.) WON'T work. To solve this you'd have to either create a "server" on your computer, or use a web server. Multiple programs, extra cost, higher-order skill-set, etc.!

So, why not use Workspace? It has a really good text editor (preloaded with many templates and popular frameworks) and it resolves most of the back-end performance issues you can't get by operating from disk. And you're already paying for it...

Once you've studied up, made some pages, and are ready to spin off a business site, then you'll need to worry about that hosting stuff (which they have some good classes on too).

Keep up the good work.