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I'm still juggling between learning RoR, CSS, javascript and hacking at vim, and it's really difficult to do so since I still have to focus on my studies (i'm still 16 >Any suggestions on where to start? It's not like I'm short of time so a long-winded but good way to build a strong foundation would be good.
Once you have some idea then you can go ahead with this. http://railstutorial.org
In addition, watch the webcasts
After that, a great resource is http://railsforzombies.com/, and codeschool in general. It's a series of incredibly well made video presentations, which you are then tested on. Once/before you finish that, you should work on actually building an application, maybe following http://railstutorial.org/.
Once you have finished that, you are well on your way to proficiency, and probably have enough understanding of rails to build your application. Some great resources are http://guides.rubyonrails.org/index.html, http://www.codeschool.com/courses/rails-for-zombies-2, and http://api.rubyonrails.org/.
If you have done that, and you still want to learn more, then I would learn more about javascript, and read The Rails 3 Way:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321601661/zenruby-20.... Finally to learn more about Ruby, read Eloquent Ruby: http://www.amazon.com/Eloquent-Ruby-Addison-Wesley-Professio....
Once you have done that, you should have a pretty solid grounding in Ruby, Rails, and web development in general.
Fourthing Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial book/screencasts. Great material.
Was learning on version rails 3.1, but now that rails 3.2.5 is out too many things have changed.
So, before you start with learning Rails, I recommend learning HTML/CSS. It shouldn't take more than two weeks to get a basic understanding, and by doing that you avoid the huge hassle of building a web app while barely scraping by with the formatting. Also, you might want to drop both learning javascript and vim, because you can build a solid web app without js, and it's very hard to learn multiple dissimilar things…
Was following Nettuts suggested method: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/ruby/the-best-way-to-learn...
Incidentally I met Obie Fernandez in person :D at the Red Dot Ruby Conference in Singapore he sent me a pdf version of his book :D
I'll try out eloquent ruby, maybe after the pickaxe.
My first project was a golf statistics/handicap site. (http://www.golfingstat.com) It took me a ton of time and it was super frustrating at times but I learned a shitload just running into a brick wall and googling/posting on StackOverflow to find answers.