Designer: When I go to that url, I don't see anything. Safari just gives me a message saying it can't open that url or something.
Developer: Haha! Your not supposed to 'check out' the source as in 'view', your supposed to run that command from the command line. svn co svn://open-source-project-x.com/svn/trunk
Designer: Oh! Sorry, never done this before. So just type that in...Terminal I suppose?
Developer: yeah.
[10 minutes later]
Designer: Man, I'm just having bad luck or something. When I type that command in I get the message: -bash: svn: command not found.
Developer: You've got to have svn installed. Have you installed it yet?
Designer: No, where do I get it?
Developer: Just run sudo port install svn
Designer: sudo port install WTF?
Developer: Do you have Darwin ports installed?
Designer: I don't think so? What's that?
Developer: Grab it from here (insert url here).
[Two hours later]
Designer: Ok, I've managed to get Darwin ports installed and I've checked out the source. Finally!
Developer: Awesome! You should be able to rock and roll now.
Designer: Great, going to check it out now (as in view).
[30 minutes later]
Designer: Developer, you know I think we should really change the way feature-x is implemented. It's just not that intuitive. From a users perspective, we should probably implement it like ...[insert well founded design decision]...
Developer: Hmm... I don't know. I think it's fine the way it is. Besides, it would take forever to implement it the way you think it should be. We'd have to change too much stuff.
Designer: Hmm.......OK.
Developer: So, think you can make this look like a really awesome app?
Pretty interesting, especially if you're a drone hobbyist. Which I'm wondering...How much does it cost to become a drone hobbyist? What does a decent setup cost? Not uber high end but either high-middle end or low-high end?
The main problem I see with engineering in a web dev context is it isn't really engineering. A lot of times it's more assembling. That isn't as glamorous as "engineering" and to a lot of people I've encountered/worked with, that "engineer" title is important.
I personally don't see it, for the most part, as a true engineering discipline.
Not going to create an account just to check out your new app. I just can't be bothered.
You should have some sort of anonymous/dummy/demo account where users can preview what your app is all about without signing up.
BTW, I made an app that is, I'm guessing really similar to yours, back in 2008 where I have a live demo so people don't have to signup first to check it out.
It also mentions on their site that those who complete their program will be "completely prepared for your first entry-level developer position". Note: entry-level.
Have you thought about trying to get corporate sponsorship to offset tuition? These corporate sponsors would be looking for front-end devs so there would possibly be the chance of your students finding a job afterwards, your sponsors finding an employee.
BTW, Yahoo did something similar to what you're doing, they called it Juku.
Also, why CoffeeScript and no JS MV*? Knockout has a very low learning curve for the basics.
Just my opinion, but #89 is the only one remotely close to being moderately OK (the others are poor, IMO). I would loose the runner silhouette in the "u" and just go with a logotype.
I know you're at 99 Designs for a reason ($), I would go with something simple, you can always refresh the brand down the road.
Hello from SW 2nd...Shame I'm just find out about this now (2 hours to demo time). Will the video be archived online? I'd love to check it out over the weekend.
http://es6-features.org
https://leanpub.com/understandinges6/read/