Resources

Development Tools

• create a jetbrains student account to get the professional jetbrains products for free.
• Jetbrains Toolbox I recommend you use jetbrains toolbox to manage your IDEs
• Get Git you need git to turn in projects for this class., It is likely pre-installed on Linux, and will install with the mac xcode command line tools. You will definitely need to install it yourself on windows though.
• Github is the most widely used cloud based git repository (at least in 2025)
• Gitlab is an excellent web based git repository as an alternative to github
• Slack is one of the most commonly used communication tools in software development today.
• Google Antigravity is a tool we will likely use for project 1

Course Approved AI tools

• MS Copilot with your BSU credentials
• Gemini with BSU credentials
• Jetbrains AI Junie Etc 
• Google Antigravity built in google tools as long as they make them free.

Soft Skills

• The Soft Skills Engineering Podcast
• Pragmatic Programmer (your textbook)
• The Programming Podcast  is my new favorite podcast. They are based in the middle of the country, but most of their advice is really good even for those of you living in one of the major tech hubs.
• Coder Radio : A podcast about "The art and Business of Software development and the world of technology"
• A recent overview of the technical interview process
  
• Yale's more informal list of jobs resources
• Advice for new developers on Dice
  
• A longer article that you should read now - and again about a month after being hired.
• Your github portfolio piece isn't enough in the age of AI - you need to show you can maintain it over time
• Interviewing advice from Dec 2025