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1. Taking the Stage > Characteristics of Sinatra
We’ll get into Sinatra’s features and syntax in a moment; at the outset, it would be useful to define some parameters around what makes Sinatra distinctive and unique in the Ruby web ecosystem.
Sinatra is not a framework; you’ll find no built-in ORM (object-relational mapper) tools, no pre-fab configuration files...you won’t even get a project folder unless you create one yourself.
While it may not seem like it now, this can be quite liberating. Sinatra applications are very flexible by nature, typically no larger than they need to be and can easily be distributed as gems.
A notable example along these lines is Resque, a very handy job processor created by the folks at GitHub. If you happen to install it, you’ll find it comes with a Sinatra application that can be used to monitor the status of the jobs you create.
