Eleven Fifty, to teach Web and app development globally

CARMEL, USA: Scott Jones, an entrepreneur and inventor who brought voicemail, music discovery and recognition, is now launching Eleven Fifty, an  immersion training program to teach Web and App development.

Eleven Fifty offers a variety of courses including beginning and advanced iOS and Android development, Apple's recently announced Swift programming language, Java, .Net, and soon, JavaScript, HTML5, SQL, Ruby, PHP, and Python.

The courses will have two primary scheduling options for students - immersive courses lasting two to seven days designed to attract students from all over the world in addition to locals. For strictly local students, eight week courses will meet three nights a week.

All of the courses will have a project-centric approach, focusing on apps that students will build themselves, including apps similar to Tinder, Snapchat, Evernote, and others.

Eleven Fifty selects instructors from the technical community with experience and successes, including building apps that have ranked in the top ten in their category in the iTunes store and websites that have ranked in the Quantcast Top 50.

Qualified students will have the opportunity to apply for Eleven Fifty's paid "APPrenticeship" Program upon successful completion of at least one course. The program allows individuals to continue to develop their skills outside the classroom by working on real-world client projects, beefing up his or her resume with contributions to commercially viable apps and websites.

The APPrenticeship program is designed to enable participants to earn money while continuing to learn more comprehensive skills that should allow them to be hired into more experienced developer roles.

Jones said: "I've always been passionate about changing the world in big ways. Eleven Fifty will help meet the ever-increasing and urgent need for high-performing developers to stay ahead of the warp speed changes in technology in Silicon Valley, New York City's Silicon Alley, and beyond. I'm excited to help mentor students, especially when they have ‘The Next Big Thing' clearly in mind. We will be helping some of our students get their ideas off the ground."