Argentina, among the regions where software development has grown the most: over 40% according to GitHub

Software development has grown Argentina over 40% in one yearaccording to a report published by GitHub, the collaborative platform for software developers, with this growth the country is among those with the highest growth in South America during 2022.

“South America has become an epicenter for developers as companies continue to invest in the region. The biggest startups in Latin America are helping driving an increase in new jobs in the technology sector in the region, as the record investment allows local companies to promote the recruitment and search for talent beyond their borders,” explained from the company.

GitHub’s annual report showed that other countries in the region also saw significant annual growth, such as Brazil (39% growth), Colombia (33%) and kilos (27%).

“The data offers a revealing picture of Argentina as a major emerging development market. It also shows the growth of diversity within the global developer community where over 70% of project participation and contributions open sources come from outside the United States”, they added from the company, owned by Microsoft.

What is Github

Git Hub is a web platform that allows you to publish, archive, manage and collaborate on open source projects using the system Idiot, a version control system that allows you to manage changes made to a file or set of files. That is, leave keep track of history changes made to the source code of a project.

In this way, GitHub also functions as a social network that connects developers and users to improve applications, offering functions to view, download, compare, restore and merge different versions of the code.

The site was bought by Microsoft in 2018 for 7,500 million dollars, in one of the largest acquisitions of the Redmond company. Home to over 100 million developers worldwide, including over 20.5 million new users in 2022 and 90% of Fortune 100 companies.

From personal to professional use

In Argentina it is used by companies such as Free market, which “builds its platform on GitHub and is always looking for innovative tools to offer new solutions to its customers. GitHub Copilot quickly gained interest from the team, thanks to the rapid onboarding experience and the speed of suggestions from colleagues,” they explain from GitHub.

Globant is another of the big companies using this source code repository. “Globant has more than 5,000 professionals building the best customer experiences with GitHub. Co-pilotGitHub Actions and GitHub Advanced Security, leveraging the convenience of GitHub’s only integrated platform for developers, powered by AI, to build quickly and securely.

The full report with data on the growth of software development in the region can be read at this link.