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24 alternatives to RubySteps

A daily coding practice.

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

1. 1RT
   Rb – Turns Ruby into a command line utility▲232

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2OA
   Omniref - a better search site for Ruby documentation▲110

   2013 · omniref.com · its alternatives →

3. 3BR
   BestRuby – Ruby Tricks, Idioms, Refactorings and Best Practices▲92

   2015 · best-ruby.com · its alternatives →

4. 4RT
   RubyMotion-Tutorials.com▲62

   2012 · rubymotion-tutorials.com · its alternatives →

5. 5AJ
   A JavaScript interpreter written in Ruby▲75

   2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Codebeat▲97

   Automated code review for Ruby and Go applications

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Light-Bot▲84

   Programming Apps Teaching the Basics of Code

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hopscotch▲51

   Visual programming language for kids

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Pull Review▲75

   Automated Code Review for Ruby in GitHub

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hello Ruby▲62

    Adventures in coding

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11LR
    Learn Ruby by Example with Challenges▲48

    2014 · learneroo.com · its alternatives →

12. 12PR
    pry-rescue — workflow-optimized debugging for ruby▲69

    2012 · cirw.in · its alternatives →

13. 13RA
    RubyProctor, a website for developing Rubocop rules▲18

    2017 · rubyproctor.com · its alternatives →

14. 14VA
    Vesper, a plug and play Ruby web framework (Sinatra + Rack + Plugins)▲40

    2012 · vesperapps.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Hopscotch▲94

    Coding for kids: an iPad programming language

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Changelog #202: 23 Years of Ruby with Matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)▲79

    The origins of the Ruby programming language

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Pt▲75

    A code experiment on point, form, and space

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Artoo▲61

    Framework for physical devices written in Ruby

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Wolfram Language▲86

    Knowledge-based programming

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20CC
    Clean Code concepts adapted for Ruby▲8

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    CodeSoap▲61

    Automated Github standards for teams

    2021 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Lotus▲3

    A complete web framework for Ruby

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23WA
    WitBot – A Ruby Client for wit.ai▲23

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24VP
    VeryAnts: Probabilistic Integer Arithmetic for Ruby▲45

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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