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Dev tools · February 5, 2014

Codewars

A coding practice website for all programming levels – Join a community of over 3 million developers and improve your coding skills in over 55 programming languages!

Codewars launched on February 5, 2014 with 198 votes, #20 of 1,100 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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Codewars is a coding practice platform where users solve small programming exercises called kata to improve their skills. The platform supports over 55 programming languages and serves a community of more than 3 million developers across all skill levels. Users can write code directly in the browser, use test-driven development to verify solutions, and explore alternative approaches to problems. Each kata is community-created to target specific coding techniques and help developers master their chosen language or learn new ones.

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Improve your development skills by training with your peers on code kata that continuously challenge and push your coding practice. Challenge yourself on small coding exercises called "kata". Each kata is crafted by the community to help you strengthen different coding techniques. Master your current language of choice, or quickly pick up any of the 55+ programming languages supported. Solve kata with your coding style right in the browser and use test cases (TDD) to check it as you progress. Retrain with new, creative, and optimized approaches. Find all of the bugs in your programming practice. Kata code challenges are ranked from beginner to expert level. As you complete higher-ranked…from codewars.com

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