Xamarin expands its student program to include Visual Studio

Xamarin wants to help students learn and expand their development portfolio under their free Xamarin for Students program.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

April 7, 2015

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Xamarin expands its student program to include Visual Studio

Xamarin wants to help students learn and expand their development portfolio under their free Xamarin for Students program.

The student program provides access to every tool qualified students need to become a mobile app developer with the ability to create apps for Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

Today's announcement connects the Xamarin Studio software with Microsoft's Visual Studio to enhance those skills and opportunities and now the program includes:

  • Support for building, deploying, and debugging iOS, Android, and Windows apps from Visual Studio as well as Xamarin Studio

  • Xamarin availability in Microsoft Imagine through the DreamSpark catalog. Students can easily discover Xamarin from the Microsoft DreamSpark portal and get started with their Xamarin subscription quickly

  • Xamarin for Educators with Xamarin subscriptions, teaching materials, and complimentary Xamarin Test Cloud hours for instructors currently teaching courses related to mobile development

The Xamarin for Students program began late last year and any student attending a school to a degree or diploma at an eligible college can apply.

Source: Xamarin via ZD Net

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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