Even at this likely early stage of your Web development career, chances are you’re already attempting to sketch out the features of a long-desired custom application. An e-commerce store perhaps? An online community forum devoted to stamp collecting? Or maybe something a tad less interesting but nonetheless very practical, such as a corporate intranet? Regardless of the purpose, you should always strive to base development around sound development practices, several of which have become increasingly well-defined over time. In fact, focus on this areahas become such that several groups of developers have banded together to produce a variety of Web frameworks, each of which serves to help others develop Web applications in a manner that’s efficient, rapid, and representative of sound development principles.