During a recent educational seminar conducted by a friend and business leader, the dialogue turned to the importance of web site accessibility. Incredulous, a seminar attendee inquired, “Why in the world would a blind person need a computer?”

When asked the question how do I build my own web site? I try to keep my answers as simple as possible. Have you been trying to build your own website? Only to find a lot of confusing information online?

Designing and developing a website requires a lot of patience along with the details that you must consider. When reading most tips in website development and design, it can look like an endless list as well as a daunting task.

Open source web development has been around for some time, developing and maturing quietly in the background. Free to own and modify, such programs represent an alternative to proprietary software which can sometimes be inefficient and riddled with flaws.

Ruby on Rails is an open source web development framework that makes it much easier to code web applications. The coding programming language used simplifies much of the coding process, while the coder can separate code into different sections as will appear in the final product.