Github Student Developer Pack
Not just the free micro account, although it includes that. Truly massive amount of free, useful stuff.
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Darktro
i am confused as to what all this stuff does. anyone mind explaining like i am 5?
fefejones
Signed up a while back for Github education and had that. Just got an email stating I've been given the pack for free since I'm already a part of their earlier education program.
Neat.
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Just to plug Atom a little bit: It's quickly becoming a free and open-source Sublime Text clone. It comes with its own package management, and there are already tons of packages.
While it's still a little slow to start up, and I occasionally find that updating packages has its glitches, Atom is a fantastic cross-platform editor. I've found myself using Sublime Text less and less; I prefer open-source, and Atom fits the bill.
anglophoenix216
Looks like they've added an Unreal Engine 4 license after you made their list.
another_math_person
More detail:
Atom is a really great text editor. It's essentially like sublime, but you can make plugins using javascript (as opposed to whatever sublime supports. maybe python?)
digitalocean is a pretty legitimate hosting site. You should check out their offerings, but it's pretty fully-featured.
github is obviously the place to store your code (open or closed source). It's really useful to start using early, since it'll give you a headstart if you start working at a startup.
Namecheap is... an... okay place to register domain names. [I probably wouldn't use it, though]
Screenhero is an excellent tool for screensharing, especially if you like to pair program with someone who is remote! [find someone on reddit?]
SendGrid is like the Stripe of sending email.
Stripe is the payments processing service. It has an excellent api, and the founders have done a great job making payments not suck for developers. I would highly recommend you check out Stripe -- they have excellent code samples [for how to use their api], and as a startup, they have a beautiful vision. Also, pretty much all of their hires are brilliant.
Travis is free for open source projects anyway. But it's probably the easiest continuous integration platform to set up. If you're wondering what it is -- essentially you can get Travis to run your tests for you every time you commit code to github. It has about a million features, so you can integrate it into continuous deployment or have it build your assets for you or have it do any number of things. It's essentially the paid version of Jenkins, and it's really awesome.
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MDTKBS
As someone who just graduated, goddammit this would have been useful in school. Take advantage of this. This is unreal
joebrothehobo
I just graduated too. See if your school offers alumni emails. They still end with .edu and mine worked perfectly with this bundle (and so far most other offers of this kind).
YodaLoL
Wow, thanks.
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internet points for you OP!
eagles310
Would this be a great way to start, to get into programming, etc??
leaknoil
Most of this is really only useful after you're to the point you are working on real projects with other people and need to collaborate. There is a free year of UE4 and some free DNS/SSL stuff though. A lot of this is not really anything I would see students using but, free is free.
anglophoenix216
It actually isn't just a free year of Unreal Engine 4. It's free as long as you are a student!
EDIT: I was wrong. It was only a year. Just redeemed my license. Still a great deal.
Deathfromwere
tally_in_da_houise
Do they have to verify your information first, or is it through an automated system?
Ikuu
I don't think it's automated, or there's a huge backlog. I signed up an hour ago and still waiting for a response.
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leaknoil
It did for me too but, I got a welcome message almost immediately after. If you use a confirmed .edu email address it is obviously automatic. The welcome message was already in my inbox on my .edu email before I could even click over to it.
tally_in_da_houise
Ahh, thanks. Thought it was just me.
programstuff
And you used an edu address?
Waifu4Laifu
It might depend on your school? Mine was accepted within 5 minutes.
DreamingDjinn
God fucking dammit. I just bought UE4's subscription Thursday Evening/Friday Morning because my school was lagging behind on distributing the student codes.
Oh well, if they won't refund it at least I don't have to wait on my school.
anglophoenix216
Oh well, if nothing else, you can cancel during your first month and continue to enjoy the benefits of subscription with the pack :)
Ace0fspad3s
U da real MVP
KnashDavis
Holy crap! This is awesome!!! Thank you OP!
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Woah this is sick!
FactorJ
karma199
So once you actually get in. How do you gain access to these resources? Is it through your github info? Because that was not working for me.
Tenobrus [OP]
Just go back to the link and click the Get Pack button again. It should reload and present you with links to each source.
broken_pieces
Some of them you have to connect to your GitHub account and others you will have to either create and account or add a promo code to your existing. Like for instance Digital Ocean and UE4 I already have accounts with and was able to apply my promos to them.
Orchestrate and Hack Hands require you to link your GH account when signing up.
As far as getting the actual pack, it was emailed to me earlier today but I'd already had an education account.
Sorry if none of that was helpful I'm tired and just realized I may have misunderstood your question lol
Nicetacos
Awesome! Thank you for posting this, just received my student pack. Greatly appreciated!
KDLGates
THANK YOU for this! :-) I was just about to bite the bullet on the $19/mo. Unreal Engine subscription, and now I have it for a year, and I also grabbed all the other service promotions before they might disappear. This is a motherlode.
aGayMuslim
Would any one be kind enough to explain to me why as a first year student and very beginner programmer would any of that stuff be helpful to me? I haven't heard of any of those features nor have I ever used github.
Thanks in advance.
SquirtingDuck
Here's what will probably be most useful to you:
- Atom, which is a text editor similar to Sublime Text. What do you currently use to write code in? Think of Atom as like a version of notepad on steroids, customizable and tweakable.
- GitHub is a place to showcase your code and see others' code as well, but also version control (to help prevent some of the casualties having multiple persons working on the same files can cause). The college pack includes five free private repositories in case you want to have a few projects that aren't broadcast to the world.
- HackHands looks like programming assistance, which might be useful to you
- the namecheap stuff is a free .me domain for a year and a free SSL. You'll need a server/hosting to utilize the SSL, but an SSL certificate is what secures your site's connection for things like password forms and credit card transactions.
- Digital Ocean offers $100 in credit for their hosting. If you've never set up a server before, this is a great way to get your hands dirty. Bonus points for getting that free domain, setting it up to point to your server and getting a portfolio going
May I ask what your focus is on for programming?
aGayMuslim
Thanks for taking the time to explain that, I really appreciate it. For my C++ class I'm currently using Quincy to compile and edit my code, and just last week I started reading Java because I'm really interested in Android Development so I'm trying to get into that.
As far as my focus with programming I want to get into Software Development hopefully while/or after I'm done with my degree.
Edit: For Java so far I'm using Notepad.
SquirtingDuck
You're quite welcome! I haven't dove into much Java yet, but I had a colleague who swore by the IDE (Integrated Development Environment) NetBeans. It's free and open source.
Also worth looking into is the student pack from JetBrains which includes what they tout as "the most intelligent IDE for Java".
If you haven't looked at Android's site for developers yet, it's worth a glance. Their tutorial for building your first app looks decent and there's a lot of good info around that site.
Otherwise, godspeed!
Eradicative
Just to throw my two cents in; if you're interested in learning Java, I would start using the IDE "Eclipse." I'm a freshmen this year and it is what we are using for our Into to Object Orientated Programming Class (learned through Java). Eclipse is a great tool, with a lot of neat features that make programming a lot easier and faster. Best of luck in learning Java!
xxNIRVANAxx
For Java so far I'm using Notepad.
There's nothing wrong with this, and it will likely help you learn the language a little better (especially the compiler and clasapaths).
However, for projects I'd highly recommend using an IDE (Eclipse, Netbeans, Intellij). The refactoring tools (renaming classes/variables), linting (code warnings), and generators (constructors, getters, toString; especially for POJOs - Plain Old Java Objects) will speed up your development time immensely
Shenal
This was the best thing that happened to me today !!! and protip I used the twitter914 code on digitalocean after redeeming this code got $10 more Yay!!
carmalonso
Been a week since I requested access with a school transcript, haven't heard anything back yet. I'm sat here waiting patiently, but is anyone else's request taking some time?
pumapaul
I requested mine a week ago with a @fu-berlin.de email address and haven't hear anything.
Have you gotten approved yet?
malbuquerque
I received my pack today (March 19th) and I requested it in January or December. I used an @ipv.pt email from my University in Portugal.
yyttr3
Holy shit. Thank you.
Zerocchi
What if I don't have student mail? Precisely, my university have problem with student e-mail and I can't access it at all but I do have student card as a proof.
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This is amazing, thank you
go4it7arh
This makes me want to go to school.
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dvlp
This is awesome! Thank you for this, so many resources for free!
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This is so glorious. Thank you so much for posting this, I really appreciate it.
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Is there a pack like this for like photoshop and stuff. I need photoshop but i cant afford it
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nabn_
Is there any way to be eligible for the namecheap domain if you aren't from the US or Canada?
xrgeno
I applied a week ago and haven't got anything so far. What could I do? Do you think sending a second request and uploading an ID scan is a good idea?
malbuquerque
I applied like 3 weeks ago with my school email address and nothing. Did u receive it at this time?
malbuquerque
I received my pack today (March 19th) and I requested it in January or December. I just used my University email.
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Tenobrus [OP] 14 points · Oct 2014
It says anyone 13+, and also says "a degree or diploma granting course of study". I would assume high school diplomas would be included in that. You could just try applying and see if they deny you. It only takes a few minutes.
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I'm in High school, and I was approved. A bunch of other in my school as well.
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toddspotters 5 points · Oct 2014
I'm pretty sure the 13+ thing is a legal reference to COPPA
circulus 1 points · Oct 2014
I'm in high school, and I got this. I sent them a copy of my student card at https://education.github.com/ and it was processed within 2 days!