Head over to the Figma Signup Page to create a Figma Education account and unlock Figma’s Professional-level features, including Figma Dev Mode.
Signup for the GitHub Student Developer Pack
Sign up for a MongoDB Atlas Account!
Tell us where to ship swag!
Registered and check-in to stay in the loop with everything happening!
You’ll receive a step by step walk through on how to complete the MongoDB RAG Skills Badge!
Learn how to use MongoDB Atlas Vector Search for AI-powered search experiences
Get a hands on experience with MongoDB Atlas by completing a tutorial for a Smart Recipe Application.
Did you know you can utilize Figma in VS Code, allowing you to inspect design files directly in your IDE and view Figma Dev Mode code snippets in the same place you actually code!
Figma Dev Mode has a ton of great functionality that can be expanded by utilizing some custom plugins!
The great thing about design kits is that they help you create amazing looking applications without having to start from scratch.
Building UI components like cards or buttons in Figma is simple and fun.
GitHub Discussions is a collaborative communication forum for the community around an open source or internal project.
Find a typo or deadlink in an OS project from Good First Issues, open a Pull Request to get it updated.
Complete the Intro to Open Source course by OpenSauced to begin your journey in collaborative development.
Lists are a great way to keep all of your favorite GitHub Open Source projects organized.
Learn the basics of GitHub and version control by completing another interactive challenge. You’ll earn a digital certificate upon completion.
Learn how to edit and commit changes to your GitHub repository with this fun and interactive challenge and earn a digital certificate upon completion.
Connect your Atlas cluster to MongoDB Compass (the GUI tool). Visualize your data, perform CRUD operations, and explore the schema.
Create a new database and a collection. Insert, read, update, and delete a few sample documents
MongoDB Shell is an Open Source command line tool you can use to manage your Atlas cluster!
Create a free tier MongoDB Atlas cluster in your preferred region.
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Join us at discord.mlh.io to keep in touch throughout the week
In July, we’re kicking off the 2026 hackathon season!
Let’s explore Generative AI in June!
