The popular development platform GitHub announced that students can now get free access to a series dedicated to the world of development tools .
The new initiative was announced in partnership with a handful of third parties, and is part of the Education GitHub , a site launched earlier this year to help schools using GitHub in their curriculum. It also offers discounts for students.
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Now with GitHub Student Developer Pack, which as its English name suggests, is dedicated to all students developers pack . Once adopted, they can enter the clean text editor Atom of the firm (which is normally free anyway, but hey) and Bitnami , a tool that allows you to install applications on the cloud, Crowdflower , a crowdsourcing platform, and Orchestrate , a web solution to unify multiple NoSQL database in a single REST API. Eventually, you'll even get access to 14 development tools, free of charge.
While this is a charitable initiative from GitHub, it will not only be beneficial to students. Once developers and engineering students have become accustomed to certain services, they will (probably) true to the ecosystems they know, despite the fact that their trial period has expired. In other words, it would be a boon for partners GitHub.
should also benefit teachers who want to teach a class on developing an application, or even a game. For example, if they want to use the game engine Unreal, teachers can tell students to enroll in a Student Developer Pack, which will save about $ 20 a month for each student.
If you want all these tools, be aware that some of them are completely free for the duration of your studies, while others are in the form of credits to get you started. If you are thirteen years old or more, and you are a student, then you should be eligible for the new student pack. It will show your credentials, or by an e-mail address edu , or a student card .
Once students have enrolled in the program, they will get coupon codes or links single access and can then start using the full suite of services.
GitHub is also looking for new partners. So if your company produces development tools they want to provide students, you know what to do.
The new initiative was announced in partnership with a handful of third parties, and is part of the Education GitHub , a site launched earlier this year to help schools using GitHub in their curriculum. It also offers discounts for students.
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Now with GitHub Student Developer Pack, which as its English name suggests, is dedicated to all students developers pack . Once adopted, they can enter the clean text editor Atom of the firm (which is normally free anyway, but hey) and Bitnami , a tool that allows you to install applications on the cloud, Crowdflower , a crowdsourcing platform, and Orchestrate , a web solution to unify multiple NoSQL database in a single REST API. Eventually, you'll even get access to 14 development tools, free of charge.
should also benefit teachers who want to teach a class on developing an application, or even a game. For example, if they want to use the game engine Unreal, teachers can tell students to enroll in a Student Developer Pack, which will save about $ 20 a month for each student.
If you want all these tools, be aware that some of them are completely free for the duration of your studies, while others are in the form of credits to get you started. If you are thirteen years old or more, and you are a student, then you should be eligible for the new student pack. It will show your credentials, or by an e-mail address edu , or a student card .
Once students have enrolled in the program, they will get coupon codes or links single access and can then start using the full suite of services.
GitHub is also looking for new partners. So if your company produces development tools they want to provide students, you know what to do.