GitHub Student Developer Pack Now Features 100-Plus Tools

The GitHub Student Developer Pack has just expanded, now featuring development tools and training from more than a hundred companies. GitHub, an online destination for people to build and share code, said its academic program has added 14 additional programming tools and other services for students and instructors.

The Pack is intended to give students access to developer tools they can learn by using. Frequently, job postings will include the stack of programs a candidate should have experience with. The Pack gives them exposure to the software, free of charge, as Raygun, one participating company, noted in a statement.

Access to the Pack is only available to students; teachers and instructors can get discounted access to Git and GitHub training through a "campus adviser" site.

Among the new participants are: Unity, a cross-platform game engine; Jaamly, which produces launch support for getting into mobile app stores; and Customerly, with customer live chat and in-app surveys.

Other products that have been added to the Pack are:

  • Blockchair, a search engine for exploring 13 different kinds of blockchains;
  • DailyBot, which automates asynchronous "standup" meetings for coding teams and helps manage their development work;
  • Dashlane, a cloud-based password manager;
  • Freshpaint, for integrating marketing and analytics tools;
  • Kodika, a drag-and-drop iOS app maker;
  • MongoDB, a general-purpose, document-based, distributed database;
  • Polypane, a browser designed for developers and designers to create better websites and web apps;
  • Raygun, software for crash reporting and detecting how users are experiencing programs;
  • Sider, which automatically analyzes every pull request in a software project;
  • Xojo, a cross-platform development program for making native apps for the desktop; and
  • Yakindu, which offers a set of integrated tools for making development more efficient.

"The Pack makes the best developer tools available to students. Demonstrating the ability to think outside the box and using the right tool for the right project makes you stand out to employers," said Dana Brown, head of sales and marketing for Xojo, in a statement.

"One of our business partners was using the Pack while in school," added Customerly CEO Luca Micheli. "We recognized the great benefit to students and joined to help them launch their startups and to grow."

About the Author

Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.

Featured

  • young man in a denim jacket scans his phone at a card reader outside a modern glass building

    Colleges Roll Out Mobile Credential Technology

    Allegion US has announced a partnership with Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) and Denison College, in conjunction with Transact + CBORD, to install mobile credential technologies campuswide. Implementing Mobile Student ID into Apple Wallet and Google Wallet will allow students access to campus facilities, amenities, and residence halls using just their phones.

  • magnifying glass highlighting the letters “AI” within lines of text

    New Turnitin Detection Feature Helps Identify Use of AI Humanizer Tools

    Academic integrity solution provider Turnitin has expanded its AI writing detection capabilities with AI bypasser detection, a feature designed to help identify text that has been modified by AI humanizer tools.

  • laptop displaying a red padlock icon sits on a wooden desk with a digital network interface background

    Reports Highlight Domain Controllers as Prime Ransomware Targets

    A recent report from Microsoft reinforces warnings about the critical role Active Directory (AD) domain controllers play in large-scale ransomware attacks, aligning with U.S. government advisories on the persistent threat of AD compromise.

  • classroom desk with a stack of textbooks next to an open laptop displaying a chat bubble icon on screen

    New ChatGPT Study Mode Guides Students Through Questions

    OpenAI has announced a new study mode for ChatGPT that helps students work through problems step by step — instead of just providing an answer.