[samirmenon]

For me, when I was starting out with this stuff (and by the way, I'm not an expert now), I learned one lesson the hard way:

Just pick something.

It honestly doesn't matter what, you just have to choose something. There is so much time to be wasted agonizing over whether you have chosen the right framework, tool, platform etc. The best strategy is to just choose something and run with it. Once you learn and feel comfortable in one language/area (for me it was python), you'll be able to transition easier.

Perhaps this strategy will take more time than if you pick the "correct" path now... I really didn't see time as a consideration when I learned. Nevertheless, it's probably better than spending time dillydallying. Good luck!

[joshfenmore]

The reason I'm asking is because I see people building apps after learning rails in 4-6 months which to me translates to skipping and/or poor quality coding. I might as well be wrong about it but it seems too easy judging by how hard it looks like...