As a fairly new programmer (< 1 year), I think the best thing for a beginner to do is to just pick a route and go with it. At the end of the day, both stack ar

As a fairly new programmer (< 1 year), I think the best thing for a beginner to do is to just pick a route and go with it. At the end of the day, both stack are going to have a lot of similarities. It all comes down to personal preference which will be determined after some time. I started learning testing using rspec. Now I'm starting a new job where they use test unit for testing. The transition has not been too difficult because the difference between the two are too crazy. If you pick one route and learn the basics, you shouldn't have too much trouble switching over to the other.