FbStart, The new Program Launched by Facebook at F8

Between all the amazing tools and news launched by Facebook at the F8 conference, the company didn't forget its app developers.
Facebook launches a new program called FbStart that give facebook and the other developers many helpful tools to better develop their apps, the new program contain a lot and lot of tools “to get your app up and running fast.”
FbStart includes two tracks: Boostrap (up to $5,000) and Accelerate (up to $30,000) that's mean it's $35,000 program.

The new program launched at the F8 conference will be available for all facebook developers in the next days, “in the coming weeks.” as the company said, also after applying to Fbstart they will receive a lot of amazing bonuses including Ads Credits as well as Parse, plus free services from companies that deliver product testing, recruiting, customer care, video conferencing and document management.

The first part from Fbstart which called Bootstrap track is a free package for fb developers including a lot of helpful tools and services worth up to $5,000.
the Bootstrap contain:

• Access to Facebook Start to Success Program
• Parse credit
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Appurify testing suite
• Desk.com customer care tool
• Proto.io prototyping tool
• UserTesting UX research tool
• Workable recruitment tool
• Promotional Facebook ad credit for new spenders

 “We’ll give you what you need to turn it into a successful business,” Facebook says.

There's also the Accelerate Track which is for developers who already have a thriving app, it contain:

• Access to the Facebook Start to Success program
• Parse credit
• Priority access to Internet.org innovation lab
• Ad support from Facebook’s Preferred Marketing Developers
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Asana task tracking tool
• Appurify testing suite
• Bluejeans video collaboration service
• Desk.com customer care tool
• MailChimp email marketing support
• Proto.io prototyping tool
• SurveyMonkey account for research
• UserTesting UX research tool
• Document sharing with Quip
• Workable recruitment tool
• Promotional Facebook ad credit for new spenders

This is an amazing step from Facebook in developing world, all the developers (IOS,Android,Facebook...) should say thanks to Mark Zuckerberg, especially that those apps are not just for Facebook that's mean any developer can apply to get these tools and services.

The Fbstart is not the only tool launched by the company at the 2014 F8 conference, but there are many amazing other news and programs which I will write about it tomorrow.

Source: The Next Web