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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. 1
   Codebeat▲97

   Automated code review for Ruby and Go applications

   2016 · codebeat.co · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Light-Bot▲84

   Programming Apps Teaching the Basics of Code

   2015 · lightbot.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hopscotch▲51

   Visual programming language for kids

   2014 · gethopscotch.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Pull Review▲75

   Automated Code Review for Ruby in GitHub

   2014 · pullreview.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hello Ruby▲62

   Adventures in coding

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Awesome Ruby▲146

   The essential Ruby to build modern Apps and Web Apps

   2015 · awesome-ruby.com · its alternatives →

7. 7PI
   "Programming is for Anyone"▲105

   A Ruby programming tutorial for journalists, researchers, investigators, scientists, analysts and anyone else in the business of finding information and making it useful and visible. Programming experience not required, but provided.

   2011 · ruby.bastardsbook.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hopscotch▲94

   Coding for kids: an iPad programming language

   2014 · gethopscotch.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Changelog #202: 23 Years of Ruby with Matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)▲79

   The origins of the Ruby programming language

   2016 · changelog.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Pt▲75

    A code experiment on point, form, and space

    2015 · williamngan.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Artoo▲61

    Framework for physical devices written in Ruby

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    RubyGems▲116

    Find, install, and publish RubyGems

    2014 · rubygems.org · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Code Mill▲85

    A marketplace for pull requests

    2016 · codemill.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Flowhub▲85

    Let's Make Code More Playful (Beta Open)

    2014 · 12bet.review · its alternatives →

15. 15
    CodeSoap▲61

    Automated Github standards for teams

    2021 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Lotus▲3

    A complete web framework for Ruby

    2015 · lotusrb.org · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Honeybadger▲76

    Exception, uptime, and performance monitoring for Ruby.

    2014 · honeybadger.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Prelang▲82

    Automatic Rails Development

    2014 · prelang.com · its alternatives →

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    Payola▲83

    A Rails engine for Stripe

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Littlebits▲93

    Programmable modules that snap together

    2013 · edu.sphero.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Prospector▲65

    Empower your team with ruby codebase audits and analytics

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Stack Overflow Podcast - A Bunch of Bald Yaks▲66

    HyperDev, the fastest way to bang out code and run it online

    2016 · stackoverflow.blog · its alternatives →

23. 23
    TextCraft▲66

    Slack as old-school MUD client

    2015 · textcraft.co · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Typekit Practice▲70

    Stay sharp.

    2014 · practice.typekit.com · its alternatives →

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