From: eain.jones@... Date: 2006-02-09T06:38:22+09:00 Subject: Re: Start from the start - Ruby or ruby on rails James and Seth, Thanks for your words of encouragement. Sage indeed. I'm going to start with ruby and work my way up. YAML seems to be exactly what i am looking for. I had not run across it before.I also like the look of webrick. I really want to keep things as simple as possible. Its a lot to take in but exciting. I'm finishing up my simple design and will post it here soon so folks can take a look if they have the time or inclination. I must reiterate, I am new to development so mistakes will be made, bugs will be logged and hands will be wrung, just go easy. With regard to the design, for a web application i understand MVC pattern is very popular, we use it a lot where i work. For my application i'm trying to figure out where everything lives. This is proving to me a challenge. Thanks, Eain