My favorite easy yet powerful enough web framework to start with is probably Sinatra. http://sinatrarb.com On top of that, Ruby in itself is one of the easiest language to learn.
This is for the backend. The only thing that is semi-difficult with Ruby web projects is that a lot of cheap hosting places do not make it possible for you to use it. Ask around if you need a place to host your projects.
For the front-end (the presentation), learn to write HTML properly by focusing on what the data you want to present "is" and using the appropriate markup. This is in a nutshell what we call "semantic markup". CSS comes AFTER your document looks right in its plain, unadorned html format.
Look at examples from your favorite websites ( Use "view source" in your browser ). Use Firefox + Firebug to get an idea of how the document is constructed.
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My favorite easy yet powerful enough web framework to start with is probably Sinatra. http://sinatrarb.com On top of that, Ruby in itself is one of the easiest language to learn.
This is for the backend. The only thing that is semi-difficult with Ruby web projects is that a lot of cheap hosting places do not make it possible for you to use it. Ask around if you need a place to host your projects.
For the front-end (the presentation), learn to write HTML properly by focusing on what the data you want to present "is" and using the appropriate markup. This is in a nutshell what we call "semantic markup". CSS comes AFTER your document looks right in its plain, unadorned html format.
Look at examples from your favorite websites ( Use "view source" in your browser ). Use Firefox + Firebug to get an idea of how the document is constructed.
Use google a lot.
try http://www.sinatrarb.com/ as http://sinatrarb.com seems to be something else...