Ruby is a good choice and is similar to Python. However, if you do choose Ruby, I would recommend starting out with Sinatra instead of Rails. Sinatra is simple

Ruby is a good choice and is similar to Python. However, if you do choose Ruby, I would recommend starting out with Sinatra instead of Rails. Sinatra is simple and easily understood so it makes a good starting point. Rails does a lot of things by 'magic' so it is a lot more difficult to start out with. http://www.sinatrarb.com/ http://www.sinatrarb.com/ On the other hand, if you do go straight into rails, this is the best rails tutorial I have found: http://railstutorial.org/book http://railstutorial.org/book