[ Update: October 3, 2022 – The Heroku for GitHub Students program is now live. Instructions for signing up for the program have been added to this post.] One of the things I value about being a Salesforce employee is our commitment to community. We support education through giving , mentoring, and many other programs . That commitment extends through our work on Heroku. Heroku is a powerful way to enter the Salesforce ecosystem, and we are proud of the number of students who have used the Heroku platform to build their careers. GitHub Partnership Today, we are announcing a new partnership with GitHub, which adds Heroku to their Student Developer Pack and gives students a credit of $13 USD per month for 12 months. This credit can be applied to any Heroku product offering, except for third-party Heroku Add-ons. There's no substitute for hands-on experience, but for most students, real-world tools can be cost-prohibitive.…