Ruby or Ruby on rails ?

Hi Abdullah,

Good question, this is a common question from people unfamiliar with frameworks.

Ruby is a programming language. It's a fantastic language to learn with a really beginner friendly and simple syntax. I personally love Ruby for it's minimalistic (but not limited) approach.

Ruby on Rails is a web application framework made with Ruby and also uses the Ruby programming language to add to the framework and make it do what you want it to do. Think of it like a skeleton that is pre-made, waiting for you to write the ruby code (the flesh, organs and vitals) in order to get a fully functioning web app (fully functioning human).

You should definitely learn Ruby before learning Ruby on Rails, otherwise Rails would not make any sense and you wouldn't be able to do anything with it.

I recommend following one of the pre-made Tracks in Treehouse for Ruby that leads onto Ruby on Rails. This is the best way to learn both and it is structured well for learning Ruby.

I can go into more detail if you want, but this is the general gist of it.

Thanks John Steer-Fowler