I've worked with Rails and Django and they are both excellent choices. As others have said, try some tutorials for each to get a feel. Django Tutorial: http:/

I've worked with Rails and Django and they are both excellent choices. As others have said, try some tutorials for each to get a feel. Django Tutorial: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ Rails Guides: http://guides.rails.info/getting_started.html http://guides.rails.info/getting_started.html The soon to be released Rails 3 looks excellent, so I would personally use that over Django 1.2. Also, the Rails community is a bit more organized as everyone uses GitHub, so there are some fantastic and well maintained gems that can help you speed through your development. Rails Resources: http://ruby5.envylabs.com/ http://ruby5.envylabs.com/ - Great podcast discussing recent developments in the Ruby/Rails community. http://ruby-toolbox.com/ http://ruby-toolbox.com/ - Overview of gems by category. Great to figure out what people are using for pagination or search or whatever. http://railscasts.com/ http://railscasts.com/ - Screencasts covering new gems and Rails features. http://railsconf.blip.tv http://railsconf.blip.tv - Videos from the latest RailsConf, if you want to get a feel for the community. Django Resources: http://djangodose.com/ http://djangodose.com/ - Good Django podcasts. There is one for the community stuff, and one for the newest features of Django trunk. http://djangocon.blip.tv/ http://djangocon.blip.tv/ - DjangoCon, check it out for the same reasons as RailsConf.