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24 alternatives to Rails Girls

RoR workshops for girls

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rails Girls launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   RAILS GIRLS SUMMER OF CODE▲3

   Getting more women into Open Source!

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Prelang▲82

   Automatic Rails Development

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   GoRails▲119

   Ruby on Rails screencasts for Web Developers

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Practicing Rails▲104

   Learn Rails without getting overwhelmed.

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5SA
   Softcover – A publishing platform from the author of the Rails Tutorial▲208

   2014 · softcover.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The New Twitter Developers▲232

   An entirely new experience for docs and developer resources

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Rubyonrails.link▲15

   Global Ruby on Rails community on Slack

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Codecademy's Learn Rails▲151

   Codecademy's new learning interface now teaches you Rails

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   CodeGophers▲293

   Your personal army of programmers

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    DevSpace▲173

    Tweetdeck for GitHub

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Leap by YC▲181

    Where women in tech can talk about whatever we want

    2018 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Steamrolers▲97

    Community for discussing gender/race/age inequality in tech

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Botkit▲287

    Building blocks for building Slack bots

    2015 · 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 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Build It With Me▲179

    Connecting you with like-minded designers & developers

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Bounden▲81

    Dance training game for two

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    This Developing Story - 34: Rails Works Well Enough▲56

    talking about a blog post complaining about Rails

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Developer Ipsum▲110

    Lorem for nerds

    2021 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Slinky▲110

    Your slack links — organized!

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    STEAMrole▲93

    Talent marketplace for tech's gender & diversity gap

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    RailsReviews▲107

    Get #ReactiveRails advice from leading industry experts

    2023 · railsreviews.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Gradberry▲119

    Curated + code-verified software engineering talent

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Ruby on Rails Podcast - 203: Behind the Scenes Peek at the New GitHub Integrations Directory▲72

    We recap GitHub Universe and dive into the new releases.

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Software Engineering Daily — The Evolution of Rails with David Heinemeier Hansson▲67

    DHH talks software, evolving Basecamp, and "unicorns"

    2016 · its alternatives →

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