Xamarin is expanding its "Xamarin for Students" offer with support for Microsoft's Visual Studio.
Xamarin initially launched Xamarin for Students last fall. At that time, students got the Xamarin Indie subscription for free, but they didn't get the Visual Studio plug-in. With the expansion, Visual Studio integration gets added to the free student offer, similar to what's provided in the Xamarin business license. As a result, students can build, deploy and debug iOS and Android Apps from Visual Studio, as well as within Xamarin Studio.
Xamarin also will be in the Microsoft Imagine/DreamSpark catalog starting today.
To qualify for Xamarin for Students, individuals must be enrolled in an accredited high school, university or college.