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Just jump in. That's exactly what I did 5 months ago and I am almost finished with my first real web app that I built 100% myself. I was in a similar position

Just jump in. That's exactly what I did 5 months ago and I am almost finished with my first real web app that I built 100% myself. I was in a similar position as you when I first started. I knew some HTML/CSS and dabbled in PHP a bit. I took a look at Ruby/Rails and Python/Django as I was unsure of what language/framework I wanted to learn. I decided to learn Python/Django and it has been a wonderful experience thus far. I used the following to learn Python/Django http://learnpythonthehardway.org http://learnpythonthehardway.org http://docs.python.org/tutorial/ http://docs.python.org/tutorial/ http://www.djangobook.com/ http://www.djangobook.com/ http://docs.python.org/ http://docs.python.org/ https://docs.djangoproject.com/ https://docs.djangoproject.com/ Stackoverflow.com is also an incredible resource when you have a problem you cannot figure out. Search for an answer or ask a new question if needed. Good luck!

mindcrime 15y ago
+1 for Learn Python the Hard Way. I've sent a number of people to read that, and the reviews have always been very favorable. I learned Python from a different book and random online tutorials (to the extent that I can say I know Python), and kinda wish LPTHW had been out when I started with it. And while I still stick to my recommendation of Groovy on Grails for the OP, I will say this... for anyone who wants to do Python, it is a pretty cool language. It's fairly easy to learn, makes it easy to write readable code, and has tons of libraries and docs. I'll also chime in a mention of Pylons... I was using it a bit back in 2008, and thought pretty highly of it. I understand that - since then - some "stuff" has gone on... merging projects, renaming, etc., blah.. I guess what was Pylons is now Pyramid or something? But either way, at least a couple of years ago, it was pretty impressive framework.

mindcrime 15y ago

+1 for Learn Python the Hard Way. I've sent a number of people to read that, and the reviews have always been very favorable. I learned Python from a different book and random online tutorials (to the extent that I can say I know Python), and kinda wish LPTHW had been out when I started with it. And while I still stick to my recommendation of Groovy on Grails for the OP, I will say this... for anyone who wants to do Python, it is a pretty cool language. It's fairly easy to learn, makes it easy to write readable code, and has tons of libraries and docs. I'll also chime in a mention of Pylons... I was using it a bit back in 2008, and thought pretty highly of it. I understand that - since then - some "stuff" has gone on... merging projects, renaming, etc., blah.. I guess what was Pylons is now Pyramid or something? But either way, at least a couple of years ago, it was pretty impressive framework.