# Interview On Treehouse

DevFeed: [Interview On Treehouse](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/interview-on-treehouse-21673.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://paulirish.com/2012/interview-on-treehouse/>)

Author: Paul Irish

Published: 2012-10-29T12:07:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Paul Irish](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/paul-irish.md>)

Topics: [frontend development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend-development.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [Boilerplate](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/boilerplate.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [HTML5](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html5.md>)

Tags: [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontend.md>), [html5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html5.md>), [interview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interview.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>), [web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-development.md>)

## AI overview

An interview with Treehouse discusses frontend development, the author's background, HTML5 Boilerplate, and tooling. It highlights HTML5 Boilerplate features, fallback scenarios in web development, and whether developers should understand abstractions and their underlying mechanisms.

## Source excerpt

The great folks at Treehouse sat down with me for 30 minutes to talk about frontend development, my background, HTML5 Boilerplate and tooling. A few highlights: 3:40 Where'd I grow up? What was I into? (Also, the supercool IE4 DHTML event I went to!) 14:45 What's my favorite feature inside the HTML5 Boilerplate? 18:34 Will web development even out where we don't need to fuss over so many fallback scenarios? 22:52 Are abstractions okay? Should you always learn what's going on under the covers first? I've also updated the interview listing on my About page. <3z