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You've probably heard of Ruby on Rails, which is Ruby's most popular framework for writing web apps. But there's a much simpler alternative, called Sinatra. Rails uses a complex software development pattern called Model-View-Controller to generate HTML pages for users. Sinatra just gives you the request, and lets you generate a response any way you want. It's a great way to understand what web apps are all about, before moving on to the added complexity of Rails.
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