RubyOnRails or PHP?
 

Hey everyone*

wanted to see your opinions on what programming language to use for vBulletin extensions* integration into Web 2.0 technologies and to create your own Web 2.0 programs.

Reason I'm asking is that I want to use vB as the core of a huge project which includes functions like Gaia Online (gaming platform)* FaceBook (profile and networking platform)* Twitter (quick messaging platform) and some other ideas I currently have.

I'm not a developer myself* but want to learn a bit. This will be useful when hiring new people to join our team of developers. More knowledge will also help me understand the difficulty of their work.

Now my question is* what programming language is the best to go with?

And can you give some (very easy) reading to start with?

-Dave

P.S. Remember I don't know any programming. Can't get further than DB->query