In my experience, Ruby on Rails is the fastest and most efficient and intuitive way to develop web applications. Give it a try!

For sure...

Buy the Learn Web Development with Ruby on Rails by Michael Hartl(http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book)

It makes everything make sense. :-)

and/or subscribe to "codeschool.com" and go through their ruby path. That's how I personally learned Rails! :)