[revskill]

I started with Sinatra first, the goal is to actually learn Ruby.

Then i go with Ruby on Rails, with help of some good tutorials. The point is, get accquainted with git, rails convention, testing and deployment.

Skip the Javascript part as most as possible first.

The important thing on this journey, is you'll eventually love Ruby, let it drive your fun, curiosity and happiness along the way.

Good luck!

[JohnBooty]

Agree. Learning Ruby first is really valuable.

Frameworks like Rails extend Ruby rather seamlessly. If you're entirely new to both Ruby and Rails, that's a looooooooooooooooot.

If one must absolutely must learn everything in a day or two, one can probably just look at the official Rails Guides. That is sufficient to write a Hello World or simple CRUD app, and Ruby is simple+friendly enough not to pose a challenge.

However, getting familiar with Ruby outside of Rails is highly recommended. It's fast and easy to learn. As a bonus IMHO you don't need the more complex bits (metaprogramming, etc) for typical Rails app development.

[schappim]

This was also my path. I highly recommend it, you'll know more Ruby than most Rails folks if you go down this path.