GitHub Student Developer Pack
Learn to ship software like a pro. There's no substitute for hands-on experience. But for most students, real world tools can be cost-prohibitive. That's why we created the GitHub Student Developer Pack with some of our partners and friends.
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Experiences
Discover the best ways to use pack offers with Experiences. Experiences are curated bundles of pack partner products, GitHub tools, and other resources that are designed for you learn new skills and make the most out of the Student Developer Pack and your journey in Global Campus.
LaunchPad
Intro to Copilot
What is Copilot and how do you get started using it? Use this Experience as a Primer on Copilot. We share tutorials, guides and templates to learn how to use AI in your development process.
Offers in this bundle
- GitHub
- GitHub Copilot
- GitHub Codespaces
- Visual Studio Code
LaunchPad
Understanding Markdown
Markdown is a lightweight markup language for creating formatted text using a plain-text editor. More simply put, Markdown is a way to write content for the web and one of the most important ways developers can make their communication clear and organized in issues and pull requests. This Experience walks you through the common uses of Markdown in GitHub so that you can feel confident communicating on the platform.
Offers in this bundle
- GitHub
LaunchPad
Intro to GitHub
GitHub flow is a lightweight, branch-based workflow. In this Experience you'll learn the basics of the GitHub Flow including creating and making changes to branches within a repository, as well as creating and merging pull requests. The GitHub flow is useful for everyone, not just developers.
Offers in this bundle
- GitHub
Tools
GitHub Foundations Certification
Everything you need to get started preparing for and taking the GitHub Foundations Certification exam including FAQs, guides, prep courses, and more.
Offers in this bundle
- DataCamp
- GitHub
- Microsoft Azure
Tools
Intro to Open Source
Everything you need to know to understand the origins of open source work, how to become a contributor, a maintainer or a sponsor of an open source project and how to propel open source work into a career. Start with the basics including intro guides, how to find good first issues and basic open source vocabulary. Then begin to explore some of the best tools and thought leadership that will help you discover new ways of contributing.
Offers in this bundle
- Travis CI
- GitHub
- OpenSauced
- GitHub Codespaces
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Tools
AI Prompting & Technical Writing
This Experience offers the tools, top tips and resources you'll need to get started becoming a technical wizard with words.
Offers in this bundle
- GitHub
- Microsoft Azure
- Educative
- POEditor
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Tools
Security and Monitoring
Explore industry standard tools that keep your code safe, your permissions secure and your infrastructure monitored so that you can confidently scale your brilliant ideas.
Offers in this bundle
- GitHub
- Blackfire
- Honeybadger
- AstraSecurity
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Tools
Career Readiness
Whether you’re approaching graduation or just want to get a head start, it’s never too early to prepare for your future in the industry.
Offers in this bundle
- Educative
- InterviewCake
- DailyBot
- GitHub Pages
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Tools
Intro to Web Dev
Everything you need to build your next website. Learn how to design and build your own website as you learn the basics of web development.
Offers in this bundle
- LambdaTest
- Polypane
- Bootstrap Studio
- DigitalOcean
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Tools
Hackathon in the Cloud
Learn how to organize, promote, and communicate your next codefest or hackday. Whether you're hosting your first or you’re a pro, the Hackathon in the Cloud Experience gives students the tools to help empower student hacker communities.
Offers in this bundle
- Typeform
- GitHub Pages
- HackMIT
- Visual Studio Code
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Tools
Aspiring Creatives
Working on a creative project? Develop your design and collaboration skills to get your clever intentions off the ground. Unleash your originality and start to tinker with the Aspiring Creatives Experience.
Offers in this bundle
- Icons8
- Octicons
- IconScout
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Tools
Data Science & Machine Learning
Flex your skills in data collection, cleaning, analysis, visualization, programming, and machine learning. The Data Science & Machine Learning experience gives you the tools to analyze, collaborate and harness the power of predictive data to build amazing projects.
Offers in this bundle
- Datadog
- SQLGate
- GitHub Codespaces
- Deepnote
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Tools
Mobile App Development
Have an idea for a mobile app you'd like to bring to life? This Mobile App Development Experience gives you the tools, resources and inspiration to design, build, test and deploy your next mobile application.
Offers in this bundle
- Microsoft Azure
- FrontendMasters
- LambdaTest
- Kodika
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Tools
Developer Operations
Developer Operations (DevOps) is the symbiotic relationship between teams, culture and development that allows for collaboration, growth and continuous improvement. Used as a set of practices and tools, DevOps integrates and automates the work of software development and operations as a means for improving the development life cycle.
Offers in this bundle
- Travis CI
- GitHub
- Sentry
- BrowserStack
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Tools
Virtual Event Kit
Everything you need for your virtual event. Design for engagement and we'll take care of the tools. The Virtual Event Kit gives students the resources to make running online events simple and accessible.
Offers in this bundle
- Namecheap
- Microsoft Azure
- StreamYard
- Name.com
Primer
Explore GitHub
This Primer makes it easy by giving you the guidance and resources you need to start exploring the platform, begin following projects, and find your community on GitHub.
Offers in this bundle
- GitHub
- Github Campus Experts
LaunchPad
Profile README
Say ‘Hello world’ with a profile README that lets you introduce yourself to the GitHub community. You decide what information to include in your profile README, so you have full control over how you present yourself on GitHub. This experience walks you through a quick tutorial to create your profile README.
Offers in this bundle
- GitHub
Primer
Primer: Codespaces
Wondering how to get started with Codespaces? This Primer makes it easy by giving you the templates, videos and step-by-step resources you need to get you started running, testing, debugging and pushing code using this instant cloud developer environment.
Learn more about Primer: CodespacesLaunchPad
Launchpad: Intro to Javascript
This launchpad uses Scrimba’s uniquely interactive approach to let you simultaneously watch a simple javascript tutorial and edit code in real time. No prior knowledge is required to write your first lines of code.
Offers in this bundle
- Scrimba
Additional benefits are not included in the Student Developer Pack, but are exclusively offered by GitHub and partners for this Experience.
Security & analytics offers
Datadog
About Datadog
Cloud-based infrastructure monitoring.
Offers
Offer
Pro Account, including 10 servers. Free for 2 years.
Tags
- Security & analytics
Get help at Datadog support
1Password
About 1Password
Whether you’re coding, cramming for an exam, or collaborating with classmates, 1Password keeps all of your important information safe and at your fingertips. Get started with the password manager that is designed to simplify and secure the software development process.
Offers
Offer
Get 1Password free for a year including 1Password Developer Tools
Tags
- Developer tools
- Security & analytics
Get help at 1Password support
New Relic
About New Relic
New Relic is an observability platform that helps fully understand how to improve your software.
Offers
Offer
Free New Relic while you are a student. ($300/month value)
Tags
- Developer tools
- Cloud
- Security & analytics
Get help at New Relic support
Blackfire
About Blackfire
Code performance measurement tool. Find & fix bottlenecks.
Offers
Offer
Free Developer subscription for students.
Tags
- Security & analytics
Get help at Blackfire support
CodeScene
About CodeScene
Learn how to write healthier code, pinpoint and manage tech debt and other code quality issues. CodeScene gives you instant feedback on your code and recommendations based on the best coding practices and latest standards. Integrate CodeScene into your pull requests to get automated code reviews, set quality gates and only merge quality code. 25+ programming languages are supported.
Offers
Offer
A free Student account to analyze private GitHub repositories.
Tags
- Security & analytics
- Developer tools
Get help at CodeScene support
Doppler
About Doppler
A different way to manage secrets. From local development to production, we work on every stack, scaling with you as your team and products grow.
Offers
Offer
Free Doppler Team subscription while the user is an active student.
Tags
- Infrastructure & APIs
- Security & analytics
- Developer tools
Get help at Doppler support
Honeybadger
About Honeybadger
The web developer's secret weapon: exception, uptime, and cron monitoring that's so awesome, you'll wish your site had more errors.
Offers
Offer
Free Small account for 1 year.
Tags
- Security & analytics
Get help at Honeybadger support
DevCycle
About DevCycle
DevCycle is a Feature Flag Management platform built for developers.
Offers
Offer
1 Free Year on our Starter Plan to Verified Students. Includes unlimited seats, unlimited feature flags, and unlimited usage.
Tags
- Developer tools
- Security & analytics
Get help at DevCycle support
AstraSecurity
About AstraSecurity
Security suite for your website - firewall, malware scanner & managed bug bounty platform.
Offers
Offer
6 month access to website firewall & malware scanner
Tags
- Security & analytics
Get help at AstraSecurity support