List of Free and Discounted Development Services for Students

I am shivase, and I will be a working student starting from April 2023.
Ever since I decided to become a university student, I have been looking forward to April, thinking about all the services I can register for free with student discounts.

While there are many pages summarizing general subscription student discounts, there didn't seem to be a page specifically for developers, so I decided to put one together. I hope this will be helpful for students in information technology and related fields.

There is a similar page in English called discount-for-student-dev | Curated list of awesome lists | Project-Awesome.org, so please check that out if you want to learn more.

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Related

You will basically use an IDE for programming, so it is a good idea to find your preferred IDE while you are a student.

JetBrains (Free)

Nowadays, we have Visual Studio Code, which is free and sufficiently practical. However, why not take this opportunity as a student to experience the greatness of paid IDEs to broaden your options?
There are IDEs specialized for each language, so feel free to use whichever you prefer.

https://www.jetbrains.com/ja-jp/community/education/#students

Replit (Free)

An online IDE. It's attractive because you can run it immediately without needing to set up a development environment.

https://replit.com/site/github-students

GitHub Codespaces (Free) - GitHub Student Developer Pack

An online Visual Studio Code execution environment provided by GitHub.

https://github.co.jp/features/codespaces

GitHub Copilot (Free) - GitHub Student Developer Pack

By installing it as a plugin for Visual Studio Code or other editors, the AI will provide code completions. It's quite useful once you try it, so enjoy it while it's free.

https://github.com/features/copilot

Source Code Management

Version control for source code is a given nowadays. Register for GitHub immediately!

GitHub (Free) - GitHub Student Developer Pack

While Bitbucket also provides source code version control for free, GitHub is almost the sole leader in the field, so it is a good idea to get used to it while you are a student. The Pro version is available for free.

GitLens / GitKraken (Free) - GitHub Student Developer Pack

You can manage Git via a GUI as a plugin for VS Code or as a standalone GUI client.

https://www.gitkraken.com/

Cloud Environments

Since various cloud service providers have free tiers, please try out different things within those limits.

AWS

https://qiita.com/sobassy/items/859a57f3eecf178fcd27

Azure

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students/

Heroku

https://www.heroku.com/github-students

Design Tools

Knowing how to use design tools is a plus for programmers as well, so why not try them out while they are free!

Adobe (Discounted)

This is a service that needs no explanation. Please note that the discount is only for the first year.

https://www.adobe.com/jp/creativecloud/buy/students.html

Figma (Free)

Although acquired by Adobe, it is a UI design tool for designing websites and applications.

https://www.figma.com/ja/education/

Sketch (Free)

While it feels like it is being overshadowed by Figma nowadays, it is also a famous design tool.

https://www.sketch.com/education/

Document Management

Notion (Free)

It is famous, so it needs no explanation, right? The Pro version is available for free.

https://www.notion.so/ja-jp/product/notion-for-education

Craft (Free)

An online note service similar to Notion.
It is simpler than Notion, and I personally prefer its design.

https://support.craft.do/hc/en-us/articles/360019706898--Do-you-offer-Education-Discount-for-Students-and-Teachers-

Obsidian (Discounted)

An offline Markdown note-taking application. Since functions can be expanded via plugins, it exists as something more than just a simple note-taking app.

https://help.obsidian.md/Licenses+%26+Payment/Education+and+non-profit+discount

MarginNote3 (Discounted)

An application for importing PDFs and leaving notes in a mind-map-like style. I use this to read and take notes on English documents.

Programming Learning

The learning sites introduced here are in English, but once you get used to English videos, your options will truly expand infinitely, so please try them out without feeling intimidated!

DataCamp

DataCamp (3 Months Free) - GitHub Student Developer Pack

Although the barrier is high as it is English-only and without subtitles, it is a highly-reputed site for studying data science. I am also currently studying there.

codecademy (Discounted)

https://www.codecademy.com/student-center

An overseas programming learning site. Unlike DataCamp, it covers various fields.

Useful Applications

I have summarized other useful tools here.

PDFelement (Discounted)

Your interactions with PDFs and scanning your own books will likely increase while you are a student. This software is convenient for various PDF operations. It is often featured as a PDF editing software.

https://pdf.wondershare.com/store/education.html

Parallels (Discounted)

I use this when I have a Mac but need Windows applications. It is famous in the field of virtualization software for Windows and other OSs.

https://www.parallels.com/jp/landingpage/pd/education/

OmniFocus / OmniOutliner (Discounted)

For those of you who want to live a Getting Things Done (GTD) life...

https://legacy.store.omnigroup.com/edu

If you have any information like "There's also this!", I'd be happy if you could let me know in the comments!