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GitHub (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ t h ʌ b /) is a proprietary developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage, and share their code. It uses Git to provide distributed version control and GitHub itself provides access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continuous integration, and wikis for every project. [8]
In June 2018, Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion (~$8.96 billion in 2023) in an all-stock deal. [17] [3] At the time, GitHub was the world's largest host service for software code. [10] In addition to GitHub, Wanstrath created the job queue program Resque, [6] [18] the Mustache templating language, [19] and the Atom text editor.
Friedman also acquired six companies including NPM, Semmle, Dependabot, and PullPanda. He helped grow GitHub to an estimated value of $16.5 billion (~$19.7 billion in 2023), [25] more than double what Microsoft paid for GitHub in 2018. In November 2021, Friedman announced that he was stepping down as CEO.
The source code can be found on GitHub. [5] [6] Maintenance was transferred to edX, an MIT/Harvard education initiative, in 2012. When edX was acquired in 2021 by 2U, [7] the Open edX team and maintenance were transferred to the Center for Reimagining Learning (tCRIL), a nonprofit founded by Harvard and MIT with the proceeds from the ...
CodeHS was selected as one of three education technology companies to take part in the 2013 Innovation Challenge, part of the NBC Education Nation initiative. [6] Innovation Nation challenge participants CodeHS, Teachley, and GigaBryte participated in a series of challenges in October 2013, culminating in a live pitch contest broadcast live on NBC during the Education Nation Summit.
Among the respondents of GitHub's 2017 Open Source Survey 1% identified as transgender, 1% as non-binary, and 7% as lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, or another minority sexual orientation, [4] while according to a Gallup poll in conducted in the same year 4.1% of the United States population identify as LGBT.
Hausa Programming language that compiles to Python, for educational purposes. Hapy Github page: Hebrew: TamliLogo A Hebrew implementation of Logo. Genesis An esoteric programming language based on "Paleo-Hebrew". Hindi: OM Lang OM Lang is a multilingual, statically typed programming language that supports more than 9+ Indian languages.
The Open Educational Resources Programme (phases one [120] and two [121]) (United Kingdom) was funded by HEFCE, the UK Higher Education Academy and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), which has supported pilot projects and activities around the open release of learning resources, for free use and repurposing worldwide.