Google Tests Offline Developer Kit On DVD

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Today, Google has announced an ‘offline developer kit’ that crams a number of tools, SDKs and videos onto DVD’s for bandwidth challenged countries.

The kit is intended as a pilot test and includes a number of tools for developers, such as:

The entire I/O Dev Bytes Series
Full Google Udacity course videos (Android, App Engine, HTML5 games, UX, Mobile Web)
The entire Android Website: http://developer.android.com
Material Design docs from http://google.com/design
Web Fundamentals documentation from http://developers.google.com/web
The Google Cloud Platform docs from https://developers.google.com/cloud,
Android, Cloud, and Design videos from the Google Developers YouTube channel

Google says 2,000 of the kits have already been distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa, India and Bangladesh, but those interested can find more information on joining the pilot here.