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24 alternatives to Prelang

Automatic Rails Development

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prelang launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Automated Rails development with Prelang▲229

   2014 · prelang.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Practicing Rails▲104

   Learn Rails without getting overwhelmed.

   2014 · justinweiss.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Locale▲65

   Easy localization for Rails apps.

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Payola▲83

   A Rails engine for Stripe

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   One Month Rails▲104

   The easiest way ever developed to Learn to Code

   2013 · onemonth.com · its alternatives →

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   Codebender▲123

   Development platform for Arduino users, makers and engineers

   2014 · codebender.cc · its alternatives →

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   Codecademy's Learn Rails▲151

   Codecademy's new learning interface now teaches you Rails

   2015 · codecademy.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Carbide▲164

   A new kind of programming environment

   2016 · alpha.trycarbide.com · its alternatives →

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   Software Engineering Daily — The Evolution of Rails with David Heinemeier Hansson▲67

   DHH talks software, evolving Basecamp, and "unicorns"

   2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Mixture▲90

    Frontend development tools made easy

    2013 · its alternatives →

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    Frontends▲93

    A community for front-end developers

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Drystorm▲27

    Lightning fast rails development

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Ruby on Rails Podcast - 202: Behind the scenes at Product Hunt▲98

    Launch of podcasts, API-first, React.js and Heroku

    2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

15. 15
    This Developing Story - 34: Rails Works Well Enough▲56

    talking about a blog post complaining about Rails

    2015 · developingstory.netlify.com · its alternatives →

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    Ruby on Rails - 207: Choosing the Right Systems for the Job with Sam Lambert▲73

    Sam Lambert from GitHub shares how he chooses systems

    2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

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    The Informant▲70

    Real-time usability monitoring for Rails apps

    2014 · informantapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Light-Bot▲84

    Programming Apps Teaching the Basics of Code

    2015 · lightbot.com · its alternatives →

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    Hawkee▲73

    A writing platform for web developers

    2014 · hawkee.com · its alternatives →

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    Hopscotch▲82

    A product tour framework for developers

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A book on Building API's with Rails▲8

    2014 · apionrails.icalialabs.com · its alternatives →

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    Ruby Science▲2

    The reference for writing fantastic Rails applications

    2015 · thoughtbot.com · its alternatives →

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    Apitronics▲75

    Nest for Farming

    2014 · apitronics.com · its alternatives →

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    Skylight▲94

    A Smart Profiler (and much more) for Rails Apps

    2015 · skylight.io · its alternatives →

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