title: Node.js/Express.j or Ruby on Rails for an ABSOLUTE beginner
body: <p>I had asked a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14833783/javascript-or-ror-for-wide-range-of-apps">question previously</a> regarding the use of Javascript or Ruby on Rails for the development of web apps and got some very good advice from <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/244128/maerics">maerics</a> which basically boiled down to Javascript for Frontend/Smaller apps, RoR for service-side/larger apps (Groupon scope).</p>
  
  <p>After a little digging however, I found out about <strong>Node.js</strong> and <strong>Express.js</strong> So my decision is basically back at square one. </p>
  
  <p>I'm looking for a language I can use to take an idea to a functional stage (again, the scope is something like Groupon or Twitter). I am an <em>absolute</em> beginner. I know HTML/CSS and a little jquery, but that's about the extent of my knowledge on web technologies.</p>
  
  <p>I've heard about RoR being very easy to learn, or at least pick up, and has a lot of community/support. But Javascript is everywhere, and can be useful for more than just large scale web apps (and I'd be using it anyway if I used RoR), though is far more complex. Seeing as I have no experience in either, I thought I should pick one now and stick to it for the next ~6 months and see how I go. </p>
  
  <p>But can anyone recommend which one to go for? </p>