Ruby on Rails has shaken up the web development industry in a huge way—espe cially when you consider that version of Rails was only released in December 2005. The huge waves of enthusiasm for the new framework, originally in weblogs and later in the more traditional media, are probably the reason why this book is in your hands. This book will lead you through the components that make up the Rails framework by building a clone of the popular story-sharing web site . This will give you a chance to get your feet wet building a simple, yet comprehensive web.