[therustytracks]

There's no rush or urgency to build the app I have in mind. It's going to be a learning experience. I'm just tired of using the same framework and php. I've been doing quite a bit of node.js at work and it's pretty sweet. I just want to branch out and try new languages / technologies. The app I have in mind will be using phantomjs, possibly backbone for the frontend, and it looks like I'll be learning RoR for the backend.

[orangethirty]

That changes everything. Go learn RoR then. It will be lots of fun. Boy, do I envy you! Rails is definitely a joyful ride. Just don't listen to much to the fanboys and their absurdly complicated solutions to simple problems. Good luck and keep me posted. I'd love to hear about your progress.

[therustytracks]

I definitely will. This past weekend I took some time to go through a few intro tutorials on nettuts. I'm blown away by the awesomeness of rails and how easy it makes TDD.