[jlaurend]

MIT 6.470 is a web programming competition/class that started 6 years ago. Our mission is to push the bar on web programming here at MIT and to get more people involved earlier on in their careers. We also strongly believe that competition is a fun and energizing way to learn.

I also want to mention that we're always considering ways to expand our reach. We would love to positively impact the greater community by either expanding our current competition, running additional competitions, or expanding our educational materials/software. We have plenty of ideas of our own (and not enough time ;) but I'm certainly up for discussing ideas, receiving advice, etc anytime! (Feel free to email me or just post here.)

[gojomo]

As a faraway observer with no need to review all the sites, short summaries of the entries would be much appreciated.

[prezjordan]

How many of these projects have turned into real companies?

[ernestipark]

Very few if any. The focus isn't really building companies or startups, but more-so to fit the theme, learn some new stuff, and build something cool in a month. A lot of people come in with a ton of web-programming experience and do it for the competition and prize money, but there are also plenty of noobies learning how to make websites for the first time.