I taught myself Ruby on Rails--what should be my next app?

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16 years ago

I started learning in March, read a book on it, built some practice apps...<p>My first "real" project was http://archive-fb.com, just finished a few weeks ago.

I don't know any other coders, so I really have no idea how far I am in learning or what I should do next. I want to make an app that forces me to learn some new skill(s) that would help me get a job.

Should I try to learn mobile development (and if so, what does that even involve)? JQuery? Just brush up my Javascript/Ajax skills (they are pretty minimal)? Should I acclimate myself to different testing plugins (Shoulda/Factory Girl, RSpec, Cucumber, what have you)? Any particular API that I should really get familiar with? Please don't say I should make a check-in app (hah).

Any info re: what level I'm at, and how far I am from employability would also be awesome. Thanks HN!

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