> I think that Rails is a powerful way to approach this. I strongly disagree with that thought. AR is the best tool to get around properly learning SQL. That's

> I think that Rails is a powerful way to approach this. I strongly disagree with that thought. AR is the best tool to get around properly learning SQL. That's both its greatest strength and it's most fatal weakness. IMO it's still worthwile learning AR after learning and understanding SQL, but the other way around will just be a headache.