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+= Sinatra
+
+Sinatra is a DSL for quickly creating web applications in Ruby with minimal
+effort:
+
+  # myapp.rb
+  require 'sinatra'
+  
+  get '/' do
+    'Hello world!'
+  end
+
+Install the gem and run with:
+
+  gem install sinatra
+  ruby -rubygems myapp.rb
+
+View at: http://localhost:4567
+
+It is recommended to also run <tt>gem install thin</tt>, which Sinatra will
+pick up if available.
+
+== Routes
+
+In Sinatra, a route is an HTTP method paired with a URL-matching pattern.
+Each route is associated with a block:
+
+  get '/' do
+    .. show something ..
+  end
+
+  post '/' do
+    .. create something ..
+  end
+
+  put '/' do
+    .. replace something ..
+  end
+
+  patch '/' do
+    .. modify something ..
+  end
+
+  delete '/' do
+    .. annihilate something ..
+  end
+
+  options '/' do
+    .. appease something ..
+  end
+
+Routes are matched in the order they are defined. The first route that
+matches the request is invoked.
+
+Route patterns may include named parameters, accessible via the
+<tt>params</tt> hash:
+
+  get '/hello/:name' do
+    # matches "GET /hello/foo" and "GET /hello/bar"
+    # params[:name] is 'foo' or 'bar'
+    "Hello #{params[:name]}!"
+  end
+
+You can also access named parameters via block parameters:
+
+  get '/hello/:name' do |n|
+    "Hello #{n}!"
+  end
+
+Route patterns may also include splat (or wildcard) parameters, accessible
+via the <tt>params[:splat]</tt> array:
+
+  get '/say/*/to/*' do
+    # matches /say/hello/to/world
+    params[:splat] # => ["hello", "world"]
+  end
+
+  get '/download/*.*' do
+    # matches /download/path/to/file.xml
+    params[:splat] # => ["path/to/file", "xml"]
+  end
+
+Or with block parameters:
+
+  get '/download/*.*' do |path, ext|
+    [path, ext] # => ["path/to/file", "xml"]
+  end
+
+Route matching with Regular Expressions:
+
+  get %r{/hello/([\w]+)} do
+    "Hello, #{params[:captures].first}!"
+  end
+
+Or with a block parameter:
+
+  get %r{/hello/([\w]+)} do |c|
+    "Hello, #{c}!"
+  end
+
+Route patterns may have optional parameters:
+
+  get '/posts.?:format?' do
+    # matches "GET /posts" and any extension "GET /posts.json", "GET /posts.xml" etc.
+  end
+
+By the way, unless you disable the path traversal attack protection (see below),
+the request path might be modified before matching against your routes.
+
+=== Conditions
+
+Routes may include a variety of matching conditions, such as the user agent:
+
+  get '/foo', :agent => /Songbird (\d\.\d)[\d\/]*?/ do
+    "You're using Songbird version #{params[:agent][0]}"
+  end
+
+  get '/foo' do
+    # Matches non-songbird browsers
+  end
+
+Other available conditions are +host_name+ and +provides+:
+
+  get '/', :host_name => /^admin\./ do
+    "Admin Area, Access denied!"
+  end
+
+  get '/', :provides => 'html' do
+    haml :index
+  end
+  
+  get '/', :provides => ['rss', 'atom', 'xml'] do
+    builder :feed
+  end
+
+You can easily define your own conditions:
+
+  set(:probability) { |value| condition { rand <= value } }
+  
+  get '/win_a_car', :probability => 0.1 do
+    "You won!"
+  end
+  
+  get '/win_a_car' do
+    "Sorry, you lost."
+  end
+  
+For a condition that takes multiple values use a splat:
+
+  set(:auth) do |*roles|   # <- notice the splat here
+    condition do
+      unless logged_in? && roles.any? {|role| current_user.in_role? role }
+        redirect "/login/", 303 
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  get "/my/account/", :auth => [:user, :admin] do
+    "Your Account Details"
+  end
+  
+  get "/only/admin/", :auth => :admin do
+    "Only admins are allowed here!"
+  end
+  
+=== Return Values
+
+The return value of a route block determines at least the response body passed
+on to the HTTP client, or at least the next middleware in the Rack stack.
+Most commonly, this is a string, as in the above examples. But other values are
+also accepted.
+
+You can return any object that would either be a valid Rack response, Rack
+body object or HTTP status code:
+
+* An Array with three elements: <tt>[status (Fixnum), headers (Hash), response
+  body (responds to #each)]</tt>
+* An Array with two elements: <tt>[status (Fixnum), response body (responds to
+  #each)]</tt>
+* An object that responds to <tt>#each</tt> and passes nothing but strings to 
+  the given block
+* A Fixnum representing the status code
+
+That way we can, for instance, easily implement a streaming example:
+
+    class Stream
+      def each
+        100.times { |i| yield "#{i}\n" }
+      end
+    end
+
+    get('/') { Stream.new }
+
+You can also use the +stream+ helper method (described below) to reduce boiler
+plate and embed the streaming logic in the route.
+
+=== Custom Route Matchers
+
+As shown above, Sinatra ships with built-in support for using String patterns
+and regular expressions as route matches. However, it does not stop there. You
+can easily define your own matchers:
+
+  class AllButPattern
+    Match = Struct.new(:captures)
+
+    def initialize(except)
+      @except   = except
+      @captures = Match.new([])
+    end
+
+    def match(str)
+      @captures unless @except === str
+    end
+  end
+
+  def all_but(pattern)
+    AllButPattern.new(pattern)
+  end
+
+  get all_but("/index") do
+    # ...
+  end
+
+Note that the above example might be over-engineered, as it can also be
+expressed as:
+
+  get // do
+    pass if request.path_info == "/index"
+    # ...
+  end
+
+Or, using negative look ahead:
+
+  get %r{^(?!/index$)} do
+    # ...
+  end
+
+== Static Files
+
+Static files are served from the <tt>./public</tt> directory. You can specify
+a different location by setting the <tt>:public_folder</tt> option:
+
+  set :public_folder, File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/static'
+
+Note that the public directory name is not included in the URL. A file
+<tt>./public/css/style.css</tt> is made available as
+<tt>http://example.com/css/style.css</tt>.
+
+Use the <tt>:static_cache_control</tt> setting (see below) to add
+<tt>Cache-Control</tt> header info.
+
+== Views / Templates
+
+Each template language is exposed as via its own rendering method. These
+methods simply return a string:
+
+  get '/' do
+    erb :index
+  end
+
+This renders <tt>views/index.erb</tt>.
+
+Instead of a template name, you can also just pass in the template content
+directly:
+
+  get '/' do
+    code = "<%= Time.now %>"
+    erb code
+  end
+
+Templates take a second argument, the options hash:
+
+  get '/' do
+    erb :index, :layout => :post
+  end
+
+This will render <tt>views/index.erb</tt> embedded in the
+<tt>views/post.erb</tt> (default is <tt>views/layout.erb</tt>, if it exists).
+
+Any options not understood by Sinatra will be passed on to the template
+engine:
+
+  get '/' do
+    haml :index, :format => :html5
+  end
+
+You can also set options per template language in general:
+
+  set :haml, :format => :html5
+
+  get '/' do
+    haml :index
+  end
+
+Options passed to the render method override options set via +set+.
+
+Available Options:
+
+[locals]
+  List of locals passed to the document. Handy with partials.
+  Example: <tt>erb "<%= foo %>", :locals => {:foo => "bar"}</tt>
+
+[default_encoding]
+  String encoding to use if uncertain. Defaults to
+  <tt>settings.default_encoding</tt>.
+
+[views]
+  Views folder to load templates from. Defaults to <tt>settings.views</tt>.
+
+[layout]
+  Whether to use a layout (+true+ or +false+), if it's a Symbol, specifies
+  what template to use. Example: <tt>erb :index, :layout => !request.xhr?</tt>
+
+[content_type]
+  Content-Type the template produces, default depends on template language.
+
+[scope]
+  Scope to render template under. Defaults to the application instance. If you
+  change this, instance variables and helper methods will not be available.
+
+[layout_engine]
+  Template engine to use for rendering the layout. Useful for languages that
+  do not support layouts otherwise. Defaults to the engine used for the
+  template. Example: <tt>set :rdoc, :layout_engine => :erb</tt>
+
+Templates are assumed to be located directly under the <tt>./views</tt>
+directory. To use a different views directory:
+
+  set :views, settings.root + '/templates'
+
+One important thing to remember is that you always have to reference
+templates with symbols, even if they're in a subdirectory (in this
+case, use <tt>:'subdir/template'</tt>). You must use a symbol because
+otherwise rendering methods will render any strings passed to them
+directly.
+
+=== Available Template Languages
+
+Some languages have multiple implementations. To specify what implementation
+to use (and to be thread-safe), you should simply require it first:
+
+  require 'rdiscount' # or require 'bluecloth'
+  get('/') { markdown :index }
+
+=== Haml Templates
+
+Dependency::        {haml}[http://haml-lang.com/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.haml</tt>
+Example::           <tt>haml :index, :format => :html5</tt>
+
+=== Erb Templates
+
+Dependency::        {erubis}[http://www.kuwata-lab.com/erubis/] or
+                    erb (included in Ruby)
+File Extensions::   <tt>.erb</tt>, <tt>.rhtml</tt> or <tt>.erubis</tt> (Erubis
+                    only)
+Example::           <tt>erb :index</tt>
+
+=== Builder Templates
+
+Dependency::        {builder}[http://builder.rubyforge.org/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.builder</tt>
+Example::           <tt>builder { |xml| xml.em "hi" }</tt>
+
+It also takes a block for inline templates (see example).
+
+=== Nokogiri Templates
+
+Dependency::        {nokogiri}[http://nokogiri.org/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.nokogiri</tt>
+Example::           <tt>nokogiri { |xml| xml.em "hi" }</tt>
+
+It also takes a block for inline templates (see example).
+
+=== Sass Templates
+
+Dependency::        {sass}[http://sass-lang.com/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.sass</tt>
+Example::           <tt>sass :stylesheet, :style => :expanded</tt>
+
+=== SCSS Templates
+
+Dependency::        {sass}[http://sass-lang.com/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.scss</tt>
+Example::           <tt>scss :stylesheet, :style => :expanded</tt>
+
+=== Less Templates
+
+Dependency::        {less}[http://www.lesscss.org/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.less</tt>
+Example::           <tt>less :stylesheet</tt>
+
+=== Liquid Templates
+
+Dependency::        {liquid}[http://www.liquidmarkup.org/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.liquid</tt>
+Example::           <tt>liquid :index, :locals => { :key => 'value' }</tt>
+
+Since you cannot call Ruby methods (except for +yield+) from a Liquid
+template, you almost always want to pass locals to it.
+
+=== Markdown Templates
+
+Dependency::        {rdiscount}[https://github.com/rtomayko/rdiscount],
+                    {redcarpet}[https://github.com/tanoku/redcarpet],
+                    {bluecloth}[http://deveiate.org/projects/BlueCloth],
+                    {kramdown}[http://kramdown.rubyforge.org/] *or*
+                    {maruku}[http://maruku.rubyforge.org/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.markdown</tt>, <tt>.mkd</tt> and <tt>.md</tt>
+Example::           <tt>markdown :index, :layout_engine => :erb</tt>
+
+It is not possible to call methods from markdown, nor to pass locals to it.
+You therefore will usually use it in combination with another rendering
+engine:
+
+  erb :overview, :locals => { :text => markdown(:introduction) }
+
+Note that you may also call the +markdown+ method from within other templates:
+
+  %h1 Hello From Haml!
+  %p= markdown(:greetings)
+
+Since you cannot call Ruby from Markdown, you cannot use layouts written in
+Markdown. However, it is possible to use another rendering engine for the
+template than for the layout by passing the <tt>:layout_engine</tt> option.
+
+=== Textile Templates
+
+Dependency::        {RedCloth}[http://redcloth.org/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.textile</tt>
+Example::           <tt>textile :index, :layout_engine => :erb</tt>
+
+It is not possible to call methods from textile, nor to pass locals to it. You
+therefore will usually use it in combination with another rendering engine:
+
+  erb :overview, :locals => { :text => textile(:introduction) }
+
+Note that you may also call the +textile+ method from within other templates:
+
+  %h1 Hello From Haml!
+  %p= textile(:greetings)
+
+Since you cannot call Ruby from Textile, you cannot use layouts written in
+Textile. However, it is possible to use another rendering engine for the
+template than for the layout by passing the <tt>:layout_engine</tt> option.
+
+=== RDoc Templates
+
+Dependency::        {rdoc}[http://rdoc.rubyforge.org/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.rdoc</tt>
+Example::           <tt>rdoc :README, :layout_engine => :erb</tt>
+
+It is not possible to call methods from rdoc, nor to pass locals to it. You
+therefore will usually use it in combination with another rendering engine:
+
+  erb :overview, :locals => { :text => rdoc(:introduction) }
+
+Note that you may also call the +rdoc+ method from within other templates:
+
+  %h1 Hello From Haml!
+  %p= rdoc(:greetings)
+
+Since you cannot call Ruby from RDoc, you cannot use layouts written in
+RDoc. However, it is possible to use another rendering engine for the
+template than for the layout by passing the <tt>:layout_engine</tt> option.
+
+=== Radius Templates
+
+Dependency::        {radius}[http://radius.rubyforge.org/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.radius</tt>
+Example::           <tt>radius :index, :locals => { :key => 'value' }</tt>
+
+Since you cannot call Ruby methods directly from a Radius template, you almost
+always want to pass locals to it.
+
+=== Markaby Templates
+
+Dependency::        {markaby}[http://markaby.github.com/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.mab</tt>
+Example::           <tt>markaby { h1 "Welcome!" }</tt>
+
+It also takes a block for inline templates (see example).
+
+=== Slim Templates
+
+Dependency::        {slim}[http://slim-lang.com/]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.slim</tt>
+Example::           <tt>slim :index</tt>
+
+=== Creole Templates
+
+Dependency::        {creole}[https://github.com/minad/creole]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.creole</tt>
+Example::           <tt>creole :wiki, :layout_engine => :erb</tt>
+
+It is not possible to call methods from creole, nor to pass locals to it. You
+therefore will usually use it in combination with another rendering engine:
+
+  erb :overview, :locals => { :text => creole(:introduction) }
+
+Note that you may also call the +creole+ method from within other templates:
+
+  %h1 Hello From Haml!
+  %p= creole(:greetings)
+
+Since you cannot call Ruby from Creole, you cannot use layouts written in
+Creole. However, it is possible to use another rendering engine for the
+template than for the layout by passing the <tt>:layout_engine</tt> option.
+
+=== CoffeeScript Templates
+
+Dependency::        {coffee-script}[https://github.com/josh/ruby-coffee-script]
+                    and a {way to execute javascript}[https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs/blob/master/README.md#readme]
+File Extensions::   <tt>.coffee</tt>
+Example::           <tt>coffee :index</tt>
+
+=== Embedded Templates
+
+  get '/' do
+    haml '%div.title Hello World'
+  end
+
+Renders the embedded template string.
+
+=== Accessing Variables in Templates
+
+Templates are evaluated within the same context as route handlers. Instance
+variables set in route handlers are directly accessible by templates:
+
+  get '/:id' do
+    @foo = Foo.find(params[:id])
+    haml '%h1= @foo.name'
+  end
+
+Or, specify an explicit Hash of local variables:
+
+  get '/:id' do
+    foo = Foo.find(params[:id])
+    haml '%h1= bar.name', :locals => { :bar => foo }
+  end
+
+This is typically used when rendering templates as partials from within
+other templates.
+
+=== Inline Templates
+
+Templates may be defined at the end of the source file:
+
+  require 'sinatra'
+
+  get '/' do
+    haml :index
+  end
+
+  __END__
+
+  @@ layout
+  %html
+    = yield
+
+  @@ index
+  %div.title Hello world!!!!!
+
+NOTE: Inline templates defined in the source file that requires sinatra are
+automatically loaded. Call <tt>enable :inline_templates</tt> explicitly if you
+have inline templates in other source files.
+
+=== Named Templates
+
+Templates may also be defined using the top-level <tt>template</tt> method:
+
+  template :layout do
+    "%html\n  =yield\n"
+  end
+
+  template :index do
+    '%div.title Hello World!'
+  end
+
+  get '/' do
+    haml :index
+  end
+
+If a template named "layout" exists, it will be used each time a template
+is rendered. You can individually disable layouts by passing 
+<tt>:layout => false</tt> or disable them by default via 
+<tt>set :haml, :layout => false</tt>:
+
+  get '/' do
+    haml :index, :layout => !request.xhr?
+  end
+
+=== Associating File Extensions
+
+To associate a file extension with a template engine, use
+<tt>Tilt.register</tt>. For instance, if you like to use the file extension
++tt+ for Textile templates, you can do the following:
+
+  Tilt.register :tt, Tilt[:textile]
+
+=== Adding Your Own Template Engine
+
+First, register your engine with Tilt, then create a rendering method:
+
+  Tilt.register :myat, MyAwesomeTemplateEngine
+
+  helpers do
+    def myat(*args) render(:myat, *args) end
+  end
+
+  get '/' do
+    myat :index
+  end
+
+Renders <tt>./views/index.myat</tt>. See https://github.com/rtomayko/tilt to
+learn more about Tilt.
+
+== Filters
+
+Before filters are evaluated before each request within the same
+context as the routes will be and can modify the request and response. Instance
+variables set in filters are accessible by routes and templates:
+
+  before do
+    @note = 'Hi!'
+    request.path_info = '/foo/bar/baz'
+  end
+
+  get '/foo/*' do
+    @note #=> 'Hi!'
+    params[:splat] #=> 'bar/baz'
+  end
+
+After filters are evaluated after each request within the same context and can
+also modify the request and response. Instance variables set in before filters
+and routes are accessible by after filters:
+
+  after do
+    puts response.status
+  end
+
+Note: Unless you use the +body+ method rather than just returning a String from
+the routes, the body will not yet be available in the after filter, since it is
+generated later on.
+
+Filters optionally take a pattern, causing them to be evaluated only if the
+request path matches that pattern:
+
+  before '/protected/*' do
+    authenticate!
+  end
+
+  after '/create/:slug' do |slug|
+    session[:last_slug] = slug
+  end
+
+Like routes, filters also take conditions:
+
+  before :agent => /Songbird/ do
+    # ...
+  end
+  
+  after '/blog/*', :host_name => 'example.com' do
+    # ...
+  end
+
+== Helpers
+
+Use the top-level <tt>helpers</tt> method to define helper methods for use in
+route handlers and templates:
+
+  helpers do
+    def bar(name)
+      "#{name}bar"
+    end
+  end
+
+  get '/:name' do
+    bar(params[:name])
+  end
+
+=== Using Sessions
+
+A session is used to keep state during requests. If activated, you have one
+session hash per user session:
+
+  enable :sessions
+
+  get '/' do
+    "value = " << session[:value].inspect
+  end
+
+  get '/:value' do
+    session[:value] = params[:value]
+  end
+
+Note that <tt>enable :sessions</tt> actually stores all data in a cookie. This
+might not always be what you want (storing lots of data will increase your
+traffic, for instance). You can use any Rack session middleware: in order to
+do so, do *not* call <tt>enable :sessions</tt>, but instead pull in your
+middleware of choice as you would any other middleware:
+
+  use Rack::Session::Pool, :expire_after => 2592000
+
+  get '/' do
+    "value = " << session[:value].inspect
+  end
+
+  get '/:value' do
+    session[:value] = params[:value]
+  end
+
+To improve security, the session data in the cookie is signed with a session
+secret. A random secret is generate for you by Sinatra. However, since this
+secret will change with every start of your application, you might want to
+set the secret yourself, so all your application instances share it:
+
+  set :session_secret, 'super secret'
+
+If you want to configure it further, you may also store a hash with options in
+the +sessions+ setting:
+
+  set :sessions, :domain => 'foo.com'
+
+=== Halting
+
+To immediately stop a request within a filter or route use:
+
+  halt
+
+You can also specify the status when halting:
+
+  halt 410
+
+Or the body:
+
+  halt 'this will be the body'
+
+Or both:
+
+  halt 401, 'go away!'
+
+With headers:
+
+  halt 402, {'Content-Type' => 'text/plain'}, 'revenge'
+
+It is of course possible to combine a template with +halt+:
+
+  halt erb(:error)
+
+=== Passing
+
+A route can punt processing to the next matching route using <tt>pass</tt>:
+
+  get '/guess/:who' do
+    pass unless params[:who] == 'Frank'
+    'You got me!'
+  end
+
+  get '/guess/*' do
+    'You missed!'
+  end
+
+The route block is immediately exited and control continues with the next
+matching route. If no matching route is found, a 404 is returned.
+
+=== Triggering Another Route
+
+Sometimes +pass+ is not what you want, instead you would like to get the result
+of calling another route. Simply use +call+ to achieve this:
+
+  get '/foo' do
+    status, headers, body = call env.merge("PATH_INFO" => '/bar')
+    [status, headers, body.map(&:upcase)]
+  end
+
+  get '/bar' do
+    "bar"
+  end
+
+Note that in the example above, you would ease testing and increase performance
+by simply moving <tt>"bar"</tt> into a helper used by both <tt>/foo</tt>
+and <tt>/bar</tt>.
+
+If you want the request to be sent to the same application instance rather than
+a duplicate, use <tt>call!</tt> instead of <tt>call</tt>.
+
+Check out the Rack specification if you want to learn more about <tt>call</tt>.
+
+=== Setting Body, Status Code and Headers
+
+It is possible and recommended to set the status code and response body with the
+return value of the route block. However, in some scenarios you might want to
+set the body at an arbitrary point in the execution flow. You can do so with the
++body+ helper method. If you do so, you can use that method from there on to
+access the body:
+
+  get '/foo' do
+    body "bar"
+  end
+  
+  after do
+    puts body
+  end
+
+It is also possible to pass a block to +body+, which will be executed by the 
+Rack handler (this can be used to implement streaming, see "Return Values").
+
+Similar to the body, you can also set the status code and headers:
+
+  get '/foo' do
+    status 418
+    headers \
+      "Allow"   => "BREW, POST, GET, PROPFIND, WHEN",
+      "Refresh" => "Refresh: 20; http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2324.txt"
+    body "I'm a tea pot!"
+  end
+
+Like +body+, +headers+ and +status+ with no arguments can be used to access
+their current values.
+
+=== Streaming Responses
+
+Sometimes you want to start sending out data while still generating parts of
+the response body. In extreme examples, you want to keep sending data until
+the client closes the connection. You can use the +stream+ helper to avoid
+creating your own wrapper:
+
+  get '/' do
+    stream do |out|
+      out << "It's gonna be legen -\n"
+      sleep 0.5
+      out << " (wait for it) \n"
+      sleep 1
+      out << "- dary!\n"
+    end
+  end
+
+This allows you to implement streaming APIs,
+{Server Sent Events}[http://dev.w3.org/html5/eventsource/] and can be used as
+basis for {WebSockets}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket]. It can also be
+used to increase throughput if some but not all content depends on a slow
+resource.
+
+Note that the streaming behavior, especially the number of concurrent request,
+highly depends on the web server used to serve the application. Some servers,
+like WEBRick, might not even support streaming at all. If the server does not
+support streaming, the body will be sent all at once after the block passed to
++stream+ finished executing. Streaming does not work at all with Shotgun.
+
+If the optional parameter is set to +keep_open+, it will not call +close+ on
+the stream object, allowing you to close it at any later point in the
+execution flow. This only works on evented servers, like Thin and Rainbows.
+Other servers will still close the stream:
+
+  set :server, :thin
+  connections = []
+
+  get '/' do
+    # keep stream open
+    stream(:keep_open) { |out| connections << out }
+  end
+
+  post '/' do
+    # write to all open streams
+    connections.each { |out| out << params[:message] << "\n" }
+    "message sent"
+  end
+
+=== Logging
+
+In the request scope, the +logger+ helper exposes a +Logger+ instance:
+
+  get '/' do
+    logger.info "loading data"
+    # ...
+  end
+
+This logger will automatically take your Rack handler's logging settings into
+account. If logging is disabled, this method will return a dummy object, so
+you do not have to worry in your routes and filters about it.
+
+Note that logging is only enabled for <tt>Sinatra::Application</tt> by
+default, so if you inherit from <tt>Sinatra::Base</tt>, you probably want to
+enable it yourself:
+
+  class MyApp < Sinatra::Base
+    configure :production, :development do
+      enable :logging
+    end
+  end
+
+To avoid any logging middleware to be set up, set the +logging+ setting to
++nil+. However, keep in mind that +logger+ will in that case return +nil+. A
+common use case is when you want to set your own logger. Sinatra will use
+whatever it will find in <tt>env['rack.logger']</tt>.
+
+=== Mime Types
+
+When using <tt>send_file</tt> or static files you may have mime types Sinatra
+doesn't understand. Use +mime_type+ to register them by file extension:
+
+  configure do
+    mime_type :foo, 'text/foo'
+  end
+
+You can also use it with the +content_type+ helper:
+
+  get '/' do
+    content_type :foo
+    "foo foo foo"
+  end
+
+=== Generating URLs
+
+For generating URLs you should use the +url+ helper method, for instance, in
+Haml:
+
+  %a{:href => url('/foo')} foo
+
+It takes reverse proxies and Rack routers into account, if present.
+
+This method is also aliased to +to+ (see below for an example).
+
+=== Browser Redirect
+
+You can trigger a browser redirect with the +redirect+ helper method:
+
+  get '/foo' do
+    redirect to('/bar')
+  end
+
+Any additional parameters are handled like arguments passed to +halt+:
+
+  redirect to('/bar'), 303
+  redirect 'http://google.com', 'wrong place, buddy'
+
+You can also easily redirect back to the page the user came from with
+<tt>redirect back</tt>:
+
+  get '/foo' do
+    "<a href='/bar'>do something</a>"
+  end
+
+  get '/bar' do
+    do_something
+    redirect back
+  end
+
+To pass arguments with a redirect, either add them to the query:
+
+  redirect to('/bar?sum=42')
+
+Or use a session:
+
+  enable :sessions
+  
+  get '/foo' do
+    session[:secret] = 'foo'
+    redirect to('/bar')
+  end
+  
+  get '/bar' do
+    session[:secret]
+  end
+
+=== Cache Control
+
+Setting your headers correctly is the foundation for proper HTTP caching.
+
+You can easily set the Cache-Control header with like this:
+
+  get '/' do
+    cache_control :public
+    "cache it!"
+  end
+
+Pro tip: Set up caching in a before filter:
+
+  before do
+    cache_control :public, :must_revalidate, :max_age => 60
+  end
+
+If you are using the +expires+ helper to set the corresponding header,
+<tt>Cache-Control</tt> will be set automatically for you:
+
+  before do
+    expires 500, :public, :must_revalidate
+  end
+
+To properly use caches, you should consider using +etag+ or +last_modified+.
+It is recommended to call those helpers *before* doing heavy lifting, as they
+will immediately flush a response if the client already has the current
+version in its cache:
+
+  get '/article/:id' do
+    @article = Article.find params[:id]
+    last_modified @article.updated_at
+    etag @article.sha1
+    erb :article
+  end
+
+It is also possible to use a
+{weak ETag}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_ETag#Strong_and_weak_validation]:
+
+  etag @article.sha1, :weak
+
+These helpers will not do any caching for you, but rather feed the necessary
+information to your cache. If you are looking for a quick reverse-proxy caching solution, 
+try {rack-cache}[http://rtomayko.github.com/rack-cache/]:
+
+  require "rack/cache"
+  require "sinatra"
+  
+  use Rack::Cache
+  
+  get '/' do
+    cache_control :public, :max_age => 36000
+    sleep 5
+    "hello"
+  end
+
+Use the <tt>:static_cache_control</tt> setting (see below) to add
+<tt>Cache-Control</tt> header info to static files.
+
+According to RFC 2616 your application should behave differently if the If-Match
+or If-None-Match header is set to <tt>*</tt> depending on whether the resource
+requested is already in existence. Sinatra assumes resources for safe (like get)
+and idempotent (like put) requests are already in existence, whereas other
+resources (for instance for post requests), are treated as new resources. You
+can change this behavior by passing in a <tt>:new_resource</tt> option:
+
+  get '/create' do
+    etag '', :new_resource => true
+    Article.create
+    erb :new_article
+  end
+
+If you still want to use a weak ETag, pass in a <tt>:kind</tt> option:
+
+  etag '', :new_resource => true, :kind => :weak
+
+=== Sending Files
+
+For sending files, you can use the <tt>send_file</tt> helper method:
+
+  get '/' do
+    send_file 'foo.png'
+  end
+
+It also takes a couple of options:
+
+  send_file 'foo.png', :type => :jpg
+
+The options are:
+
+[filename]
+  file name, in response, defaults to the real file name.
+
+[last_modified]
+  value for Last-Modified header, defaults to the file's mtime.
+
+[type]
+  content type to use, guessed from the file extension if missing.
+
+[disposition]
+  used for Content-Disposition, possible values: +nil+ (default),
+  <tt>:attachment</tt> and <tt>:inline</tt>
+
+[length]
+  Content-Length header, defaults to file size.
+
+If supported by the Rack handler, other means than streaming from the Ruby
+process will be used. If you use this helper method, Sinatra will automatically
+handle range requests.
+
+=== Accessing the Request Object
+
+The incoming request object can be accessed from request level (filter, routes,
+error handlers) through the <tt>request</tt> method:
+
+  # app running on http://example.com/example
+  get '/foo' do
+    t = %w[text/css text/html application/javascript]
+    request.accept              # ['text/html', '*/*']
+    request.accept? 'text/xml'  # true
+    request.preferred_type(t)   # 'text/html'
+    request.body                # request body sent by the client (see below)
+    request.scheme              # "http"
+    request.script_name         # "/example"
+    request.path_info           # "/foo"
+    request.port                # 80
+    request.request_method      # "GET"
+    request.query_string        # ""
+    request.content_length      # length of request.body
+    request.media_type          # media type of request.body
+    request.host                # "example.com"
+    request.get?                # true (similar methods for other verbs)
+    request.form_data?          # false
+    request["SOME_HEADER"]      # value of SOME_HEADER header
+    request.referrer            # the referrer of the client or '/'
+    request.user_agent          # user agent (used by :agent condition)
+    request.cookies             # hash of browser cookies
+    request.xhr?                # is this an ajax request?
+    request.url                 # "http://example.com/example/foo"
+    request.path                # "/example/foo"
+    request.ip                  # client IP address
+    request.secure?             # false (would be true over ssl)
+    request.forwarded?          # true (if running behind a reverse proxy)
+    request.env                 # raw env hash handed in by Rack
+  end
+
+Some options, like <tt>script_name</tt> or <tt>path_info</tt>, can also be
+written:
+
+  before { request.path_info = "/" }
+  
+  get "/" do
+    "all requests end up here"
+  end
+
+The <tt>request.body</tt> is an IO or StringIO object:
+
+  post "/api" do
+    request.body.rewind  # in case someone already read it
+    data = JSON.parse request.body.read
+    "Hello #{data['name']}!"
+  end
+
+=== Attachments
+
+You can use the +attachment+ helper to tell the browser the response should be
+stored on disk rather than displayed in the browser:
+
+  get '/' do
+    attachment
+    "store it!"
+  end
+
+You can also pass it a file name:
+
+  get '/' do
+    attachment "info.txt"
+    "store it!"
+  end
+
+=== Dealing with Date and Time
+
+Sinatra offers a +time_for+ helper method, which, from the given value
+generates a Time object. It is also able to convert +DateTime+, +Date+ and
+similar classes:
+
+  get '/' do
+    pass if Time.now > time_for('Dec 23, 2012')
+    "still time"
+  end
+
+This method is used internally by +expires+, +last_modified+ and akin. You can
+therefore easily extend the behavior of those methods by overriding +time_for+
+in your application:
+
+  helpers do
+    def time_for(value)
+      case value
+      when :yesterday then Time.now - 24*60*60
+      when :tomorrow  then Time.now + 24*60*60
+      else super
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  get '/' do
+    last_modified :yesterday
+    expires :tomorrow
+    "hello"
+  end
+
+=== Looking Up Template Files
+
+The <tt>find_template</tt> helper is used to find template files for rendering:
+
+  find_template settings.views, 'foo', Tilt[:haml] do |file|
+    puts "could be #{file}"
+  end
+
+This is not really useful. But it is useful that you can actually override this
+method to hook in your own lookup mechanism. For instance, if you want to be
+able to use more than one view directory:
+
+  set :views, ['views', 'templates']
+
+  helpers do
+    def find_template(views, name, engine, &block)
+      Array(views).each { |v| super(v, name, engine, &block) }
+    end
+  end
+
+Another example would be using different directories for different engines:
+
+  set :views, :sass => 'views/sass', :haml => 'templates', :default => 'views'
+
+  helpers do
+    def find_template(views, name, engine, &block)
+      _, folder = views.detect { |k,v| engine == Tilt[k] }
+      folder ||= views[:default]
+      super(folder, name, engine, &block)
+    end
+  end
+
+You can also easily wrap this up in an extension and share with others!
+
+Note that <tt>find_template</tt> does not check if the file really exists but
+rather calls the given block for all possible paths. This is not a performance
+issue, since +render+ will use +break+ as soon as a file is found. Also,
+template locations (and content) will be cached if you are not running in
+development mode. You should keep that in mind if you write a really crazy
+method.
+
+== Configuration
+
+Run once, at startup, in any environment:
+
+  configure do
+    # setting one option
+    set :option, 'value'
+    
+    # setting multiple options
+    set :a => 1, :b => 2
+    
+    # same as `set :option, true`
+    enable :option
+    
+    # same as `set :option, false`
+    disable :option
+    
+    # you can also have dynamic settings with blocks
+    set(:css_dir) { File.join(views, 'css') }
+  end
+
+Run only when the environment (RACK_ENV environment variable) is set to
+<tt>:production</tt>:
+
+  configure :production do
+    ...
+  end
+
+Run when the environment is set to either <tt>:production</tt> or
+<tt>:test</tt>:
+
+  configure :production, :test do
+    ...
+  end
+
+You can access those options via <tt>settings</tt>:
+
+  configure do
+    set :foo, 'bar'
+  end
+
+  get '/' do
+    settings.foo? # => true
+    settings.foo  # => 'bar'
+    ...
+  end
+
+=== Configuring attack protection
+
+Sinatra is using
+{Rack::Protection}[https://github.com/rkh/rack-protection#readme] to defend
+you application against common, opportunistic attacks. You can easily disable
+this behavior (which should result in performance gains):
+
+  disable :protection
+
+To skip a single defense layer, set +protection+ to an options hash:
+
+  set :protection, :except => :path_traversal
+
+You can also hand in an array in order to disable a list of protections:
+
+  set :protection, :except => [:path_traversal, :session_hijacking]
+
+=== Available Settings
+
+[absolute_redirects]   If disabled, Sinatra will allow relative redirects,
+                       however, Sinatra will no longer conform with RFC 2616
+                       (HTTP 1.1), which only allows absolute redirects.
+
+                       Enable if your app is running behind a reverse proxy that
+                       has not been set up properly. Note that the +url+ helper
+                       will still produce absolute URLs, unless you pass in
+                       +false+ as second parameter.
+
+                       Disabled per default.
+
+[add_charsets]         mime types the <tt>content_type</tt> helper will
+                       automatically add the charset info to.
+
+                       You should add to it rather than overriding this option:
+
+                         settings.add_charsets << "application/foobar"
+
+[app_file]             Path to the main application file, used to detect project root,
+                       views and public folder and inline templates.
+
+[bind]                 IP address to bind to (default: 0.0.0.0).
+                       Only used for built-in server.
+
+[default_encoding]     encoding to assume if unknown
+                       (defaults to <tt>"utf-8"</tt>).
+
+[dump_errors]          display errors in the log.
+
+[environment]          current environment, defaults to <tt>ENV['RACK_ENV']</tt>,
+                       or <tt>"development"</tt> if not available.
+
+[logging]              use the logger.
+
+[lock]                 Places a lock around every request, only running
+                       processing on request per Ruby process concurrently.
+
+                       Enabled if your app is not thread-safe.
+                       Disabled per default.
+
+[method_override]      use <tt>_method</tt> magic to allow put/delete forms in
+                       browsers that don't support it.
+
+[port]                 Port to listen on. Only used for built-in server.
+
+[prefixed_redirects]   Whether or not to insert <tt>request.script_name</tt>
+                       into redirects if no absolute path is given. That way
+                       <tt>redirect '/foo'</tt> would behave like
+                       <tt>redirect to('/foo')</tt>. Disabled per default.
+
+[protection]           Whether or not to enable web attack protections. See
+                       protection section above.
+
+[public_folder]        Path to the folder public files are served from. Only
+                       used if static file serving is enabled (see
+                       <tt>static</tt> setting below). Inferred from
+                       <tt>app_file</tt> setting if not set.
+
+[reload_templates]     whether or not to reload templates between requests.
+                       Enabled in development mode.
+
+[root]                 Path to project root folder. Inferred from +app_file+
+                       setting if not set.
+
+[raise_errors]         raise exceptions (will stop application). Enabled
+                       by default when <tt>environment</tt> is set to <tt>"test"</tt>,
+                       disabled otherwise.
+
+[run]                  if enabled, Sinatra will handle starting the web server,
+                       do not enable if using rackup or other means.
+
+[running]              is the built-in server running now?
+                       do not change this setting!
+
+[server]               server or list of servers to use for built-in server.
+                       defaults to ['thin', 'mongrel', 'webrick'], order
+                       indicates priority.
+
+[sessions]             enable cookie based sessions support using
+                       <tt>Rack::Session::Cookie</tt>. See 'Using Sessions'
+                       section for more information.
+
+[show_exceptions]      show a stack trace in the browser when an exception
+                       happens. Enabled by default when <tt>environment</tt>
+                       is set to <tt>"development"</tt>, disabled otherwise.
+
+[static]               Whether Sinatra should handle serving static files.
+                       Disable when using a Server able to do this on its own.
+                       Disabling will boost performance.
+                       Enabled per default in classic style, disabled for
+                       modular apps.
+
+[static_cache_control] When Sinatra is serving static files, set this to add
+                       <tt>Cache-Control</tt> headers to the responses. Uses the
+                       +cache_control+ helper. Disabled by default.
+                       Use an explicit array when setting multiple values:
+                       <tt>set :static_cache_control, [:public, :max_age => 300]</tt>
+
+[threaded]             If set to +true+, will tell Thin to use
+                       <tt>EventMachine.defer</tt> for processing the request.
+
+[views]                Path to the views folder. Inferred from <tt>app_file</tt>
+                       setting if not set.
+
+== Environments
+
+There are three predefined +environments+: <tt>development</tt>,  <tt>production</tt> and <tt>test</tt>. Environment can be set by RACK_ENV environment variable, and default value is <tt>development</tt>.
+
+You can also run different environemnt using <tt>-e</tt> option:
+
+  ruby my_app.rb -e [ENVIRONMENT]
+
+You can use predefinied methods: +development?+, +test?+ and +production?+, to check which enviroment is set.
+
++Developemnt+ is default setting. In this mode, all templates are being reloaded between requests. Special <tt>not_found</tt> and <tt>error</tt> handlers are installed for this enviroment, so you will see nice error page. In +production+ and +test+ templates are being cached.
+
+== Error Handling
+
+Error handlers run within the same context as routes and before filters, which
+means you get all the goodies it has to offer, like <tt>haml</tt>,
+<tt>erb</tt>, <tt>halt</tt>, etc.
+
+=== Not Found
+
+When a <tt>Sinatra::NotFound</tt> exception is raised, or the response's status
+code is 404, the <tt>not_found</tt> handler is invoked:
+
+  not_found do
+    'This is nowhere to be found.'
+  end
+
+=== Error
+
+The +error+ handler is invoked any time an exception is raised from a route
+block or a filter. The exception object can be obtained from the
+<tt>sinatra.error</tt> Rack variable:
+
+  error do
+    'Sorry there was a nasty error - ' + env['sinatra.error'].name
+  end
+
+Custom errors:
+
+  error MyCustomError do
+    'So what happened was...' + env['sinatra.error'].message
+  end
+
+Then, if this happens:
+
+  get '/' do
+    raise MyCustomError, 'something bad'
+  end
+
+You get this:
+
+  So what happened was... something bad
+
+Alternatively, you can install an error handler for a status code:
+
+  error 403 do
+    'Access forbidden'
+  end
+
+  get '/secret' do
+    403
+  end
+
+Or a range:
+
+  error 400..510 do
+    'Boom'
+  end
+
+Sinatra installs special <tt>not_found</tt> and <tt>error</tt> handlers when
+running under the development environment.
+
+== Rack Middleware
+
+Sinatra rides on Rack[http://rack.rubyforge.org/], a minimal standard
+interface for Ruby web frameworks. One of Rack's most interesting capabilities
+for application developers is support for "middleware" -- components that sit
+between the server and your application monitoring and/or manipulating the
+HTTP request/response to provide various types of common functionality.
+
+Sinatra makes building Rack middleware pipelines a cinch via a top-level
++use+ method:
+
+  require 'sinatra'
+  require 'my_custom_middleware'
+
+  use Rack::Lint
+  use MyCustomMiddleware
+
+  get '/hello' do
+    'Hello World'
+  end
+
+The semantics of +use+ are identical to those defined for the
+Rack::Builder[http://rack.rubyforge.org/doc/classes/Rack/Builder.html] DSL
+(most frequently used from rackup files). For example, the +use+ method
+accepts multiple/variable args as well as blocks:
+
+  use Rack::Auth::Basic do |username, password|
+    username == 'admin' && password == 'secret'
+  end
+
+Rack is distributed with a variety of standard middleware for logging,
+debugging, URL routing, authentication, and session handling. Sinatra uses
+many of these components automatically based on configuration so you
+typically don't have to +use+ them explicitly.
+
+You can find useful middleware in
+{rack}[https://github.com/rack/rack/tree/master/lib/rack],
+{rack-contrib}[https://github.com/rack/rack-contrib#readme],
+with {CodeRack}[http://coderack.org/] or in the
+{Rack wiki}[https://github.com/rack/rack/wiki/List-of-Middleware].
+
+== Testing
+
+Sinatra tests can be written using any Rack-based testing library
+or framework. {Rack::Test}[http://rdoc.info/github/brynary/rack-test/master/frames] 
+is recommended:
+
+  require 'my_sinatra_app'
+  require 'test/unit'
+  require 'rack/test'
+
+  class MyAppTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+    include Rack::Test::Methods
+
+    def app
+      Sinatra::Application
+    end
+
+    def test_my_default
+      get '/'
+      assert_equal 'Hello World!', last_response.body
+    end
+
+    def test_with_params
+      get '/meet', :name => 'Frank'
+      assert_equal 'Hello Frank!', last_response.body
+    end
+
+    def test_with_rack_env
+      get '/', {}, 'HTTP_USER_AGENT' => 'Songbird'
+      assert_equal "You're using Songbird!", last_response.body
+    end
+  end
+
+== Sinatra::Base - Middleware, Libraries, and Modular Apps
+
+Defining your app at the top-level works well for micro-apps but has
+considerable drawbacks when building reusable components such as Rack
+middleware, Rails metal, simple libraries with a server component, or
+even Sinatra extensions. The top-level DSL pollutes the Object namespace
+and assumes a micro-app style configuration (e.g., a single application
+file, <tt>./public</tt> and <tt>./views</tt> directories, logging, exception
+detail page, etc.). That's where <tt>Sinatra::Base</tt> comes into play:
+
+  require 'sinatra/base'
+
+  class MyApp < Sinatra::Base
+    set :sessions, true
+    set :foo, 'bar'
+
+    get '/' do
+      'Hello world!'
+    end
+  end
+
+The methods available to <tt>Sinatra::Base</tt> subclasses are exactly as those
+available via the top-level DSL. Most top-level apps can be converted to
+<tt>Sinatra::Base</tt> components with two modifications:
+
+* Your file should require <tt>sinatra/base</tt> instead of +sinatra+;
+  otherwise, all of Sinatra's DSL methods are imported into the main
+  namespace.
+* Put your app's routes, error handlers, filters, and options in a subclass
+  of <tt>Sinatra::Base</tt>.
+
+<tt>Sinatra::Base</tt> is a blank slate. Most options are disabled by default,
+including the built-in server. See {Options and Configuration}[http://sinatra.github.com/configuration.html]
+for details on available options and their behavior.
+
+=== Modular vs. Classic Style
+
+Contrary to common belief, there is nothing wrong with classic style. If it
+suits your application, you do not have to switch to a modular application.
+
+There are only two downsides compared with modular style:
+
+* You may only have one Sinatra application per Ruby process. If you plan to
+  use more, switch to modular style.
+
+* Classic style pollutes Object with delegator methods. If you plan to ship
+  your application in a library/gem, switch to modular style.
+
+There is no reason you cannot mix modular and classic style.
+
+If switching from one style to the other, you should be aware of slightly
+different default settings:
+
+  Setting             Classic                 Modular
+
+  app_file            file loading sinatra    file subclassing Sinatra::Base
+  run                 $0 == app_file          false
+  logging             true                    false
+  method_override     true                    false
+  inline_templates    true                    false
+  static              true                    false
+
+
+=== Serving a Modular Application
+
+There are two common options for starting a modular app, actively starting with
+<tt>run!</tt>:
+
+  # my_app.rb
+  require 'sinatra/base'
+  
+  class MyApp < Sinatra::Base
+    # ... app code here ...
+    
+    # start the server if ruby file executed directly
+    run! if app_file == $0
+  end
+
+Start with:
+
+  ruby my_app.rb
+
+Or with a <tt>config.ru</tt>, which allows using any Rack handler:
+
+  # config.ru
+  require './my_app'
+  run MyApp
+
+Run:
+
+  rackup -p 4567
+
+=== Using a Classic Style Application with a config.ru
+
+Write your app file:
+
+  # app.rb
+  require 'sinatra'
+  
+  get '/' do
+    'Hello world!'
+  end
+
+And a corresponding <tt>config.ru</tt>:
+
+  require './app'
+  run Sinatra::Application
+
+=== When to use a config.ru?
+
+Good signs you probably want to use a <tt>config.ru</tt>:
+
+* You want to deploy with a different Rack handler (Passenger, Unicorn,
+  Heroku, ...).
+* You want to use more than one subclass of <tt>Sinatra::Base</tt>.
+* You want to use Sinatra only for middleware, but not as endpoint.
+
+<b>There is no need to switch to a <tt>config.ru</tt> only because you
+switched to modular style, and you don't have to use modular style for running
+with a <tt>config.ru</tt>.</b>
+
+=== Using Sinatra as Middleware
+
+Not only is Sinatra able to use other Rack middleware, any Sinatra application
+can in turn be added in front of any Rack endpoint as middleware itself. This
+endpoint could be another Sinatra application, or any other Rack-based
+application (Rails/Ramaze/Camping/...):
+
+  require 'sinatra/base'
+  
+  class LoginScreen < Sinatra::Base
+    enable :sessions
+    
+    get('/login') { haml :login }
+    
+    post('/login') do
+      if params[:name] == 'admin' && params[:password] == 'admin'
+        session['user_name'] = params[:name]
+      else
+        redirect '/login'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+  class MyApp < Sinatra::Base
+    # middleware will run before filters
+    use LoginScreen
+    
+    before do
+      unless session['user_name']
+        halt "Access denied, please <a href='/login'>login</a>."
+      end
+    end
+    
+    get('/') { "Hello #{session['user_name']}." }
+  end
+
+=== Dynamic Application Creation
+
+Sometimes you want to create new applications at runtime without having to
+assign them to a constant, you can do this with <tt>Sinatra.new</tt>:
+
+  require 'sinatra/base'
+  my_app = Sinatra.new { get('/') { "hi" } }
+  my_app.run!
+
+It takes the application to inherit from as optional argument:
+
+  # config.ru
+  require 'sinatra/base'
+
+  controller = Sinatra.new do
+    enable :logging
+    helpers MyHelpers
+  end
+
+  map('/a') do
+    run Sinatra.new(controller) { get('/') { 'a' } }
+  end
+
+  map('/b') do
+    run Sinatra.new(controller) { get('/') { 'b' } }
+  end
+
+This is especially useful for testing Sinatra extensions or using Sinatra in
+your own library.
+
+This also makes using Sinatra as middleware extremely easy:
+
+  require 'sinatra/base'
+
+  use Sinatra do
+    get('/') { ... }
+  end
+
+  run RailsProject::Application
+
+== Scopes and Binding
+
+The scope you are currently in determines what methods and variables are
+available.
+
+=== Application/Class Scope
+
+Every Sinatra application corresponds to a subclass of <tt>Sinatra::Base</tt>.
+If you are using the top-level DSL (<tt>require 'sinatra'</tt>), then this 
+class is <tt>Sinatra::Application</tt>, otherwise it is the subclass you 
+created explicitly. At class level you have methods like +get+ or +before+, but
+you cannot access the +request+ object or the +session+, as there only is a 
+single application class for all requests.
+
+Options created via +set+ are methods at class level:
+
+    class MyApp < Sinatra::Base
+      # Hey, I'm in the application scope!
+      set :foo, 42
+      foo # => 42
+      
+      get '/foo' do
+        # Hey, I'm no longer in the application scope!
+      end
+    end
+
+You have the application scope binding inside:
+
+* Your application class body
+* Methods defined by extensions
+* The block passed to +helpers+
+* Procs/blocks used as value for +set+
+* The block passed to <tt>Sinatra.new</tt>
+
+You can reach the scope object (the class) like this:
+
+* Via the object passed to configure blocks (<tt>configure { |c| ... }</tt>)
+* +settings+ from within request scope
+
+=== Request/Instance Scope
+
+For every incoming request, a new instance of your application class is
+created and all handler blocks run in that scope. From within this scope you
+can access the +request+ and +session+ object or call rendering methods like
++erb+ or +haml+. You can access the application scope from within the request
+scope via the +settings+ helper:
+
+  class MyApp < Sinatra::Base
+    # Hey, I'm in the application scope!
+    get '/define_route/:name' do
+      # Request scope for '/define_route/:name'
+      @value = 42
+      
+      settings.get("/#{params[:name]}") do
+        # Request scope for "/#{params[:name]}"
+        @value # => nil (not the same request)
+      end
+      
+      "Route defined!"
+    end
+  end
+
+You have the request scope binding inside:
+
+* get/head/post/put/delete/options blocks
+* before/after filters
+* helper methods
+* templates/views
+
+=== Delegation Scope
+
+The delegation scope just forwards methods to the class scope. However, it
+does not behave 100% like the class scope, as you do not have the class
+binding. Only methods explicitly marked for delegation are available and you
+do not share variables/state with the class scope (read: you have a different
++self+). You can explicitly add method delegations by calling
+<tt>Sinatra::Delegator.delegate :method_name</tt>.
+
+You have the delegate scope binding inside:
+
+* The top level binding, if you did <tt>require "sinatra"</tt>
+* An object extended with the <tt>Sinatra::Delegator</tt> mixin
+
+Have a look at the code for yourself: here's the
+{Sinatra::Delegator mixin}[http://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/blob/ceac46f0bc129a6e994a06100aa854f606fe5992/lib/sinatra/base.rb#L1128]
+being {included into the main namespace}[http://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/blob/ceac46f0bc129a6e994a06100aa854f606fe5992/lib/sinatra/main.rb#L28].
+
+== Command Line
+
+Sinatra applications can be run directly:
+
+  ruby myapp.rb [-h] [-x] [-e ENVIRONMENT] [-p PORT] [-o HOST] [-s HANDLER]
+
+Options are:
+
+  -h # help
+  -p # set the port (default is 4567)
+  -o # set the host (default is 0.0.0.0)
+  -e # set the environment (default is development)
+  -s # specify rack server/handler (default is thin)
+  -x # turn on the mutex lock (default is off)
+
+== Requirement
+
+The following Ruby versions are officially supported:
+
+[ Ruby 1.8.7 ]
+  1.8.7 is fully supported, however, if nothing is keeping you from it, we
+  recommend upgrading to 1.9.2 or switching to JRuby or Rubinius. Support for
+  1.8.7 will not be dropped before Sinatra 2.0 and Ruby 2.0 except maybe for
+  the unlikely event of 1.8.8 being released. Even then, we might continue
+  supporting it. <b>Ruby 1.8.6 is no longer supported.</b> If you want to run
+  with 1.8.6, downgrade to Sinatra 1.2, which will receive bug fixes until
+  Sinatra 1.4.0 is released.
+
+[ Ruby 1.9.2 ]
+  1.9.2 is fully supported and recommended. Note that Radius and Markaby
+  are currently not 1.9 compatible. Do not use 1.9.2p0, it is known to cause
+  segmentation faults when running Sinatra. Support will continue at least
+  until the release of Ruby 1.9.4/2.0 and support for the latest 1.9 release
+  will continue as long as it is still supported by the Ruby core team.
+
+[ Ruby 1.9.3 ]
+  1.9.3 is fully supported. We recommend waiting for higher patch levels to be
+  released (current one is p0) before using it in production. Please note that
+  switching to 1.9.3 from an earlier version will invalidate all sessions.
+
+[ Rubinius ]
+  Rubinius is officially supported (Rubinius >= 1.2.4), everything, including
+  all template languages, works. The upcoming 2.0 release is supported as
+  well.
+
+[ JRuby ]
+  JRuby is officially supported (JRuby >= 1.6.5). No issues with third party
+  template libraries are known, however, if you choose to use JRuby, please
+  look into JRuby rack handlers, as the Thin web server is not fully supported
+  on JRuby. JRuby's support for C extensions is still experimental, which only
+  affects RDiscount, Redcarpet and RedCloth at the moment.
+
+We also keep an eye on upcoming Ruby versions.
+
+The following Ruby implementations are not officially supported but still are
+known to run Sinatra:
+
+* Older versions of JRuby and Rubinius
+* Ruby Enterprise Edition
+* MacRuby, Maglev, IronRuby
+* Ruby 1.9.0 and 1.9.1 (but we do recommend against using those)
+
+Not being officially supported means if things only break there and not on a
+supported platform, we assume it's not our issue but theirs.
+
+We also run our CI against ruby-head (the upcoming 2.0.0) and the 1.9.4
+branch, but we can't guarantee anything, since it is constantly moving. Expect
+both 1.9.4p0 and 2.0.0p0 to be supported.
+
+Sinatra should work on any operating system supported by the chosen Ruby
+implementation.
+
+You will not be able to run Sinatra on Cardinal, SmallRuby, BlueRuby or any
+Ruby version prior to 1.8.7 as of the time being.
+
+== The Bleeding Edge
+
+If you would like to use Sinatra's latest bleeding code, feel free to run your
+application against the master branch, it should be rather stable.
+
+We also push out prerelease gems from time to time, so you can do a
+
+  gem install sinatra --pre
+
+To get some of the latest features.
+
+=== With Bundler
+
+If you want to run your application with the latest Sinatra, using
+{Bundler}[http://gembundler.com/] is the recommended way.
+
+First, install bundler, if you haven't:
+
+  gem install bundler
+
+Then, in your project directory, create a +Gemfile+:
+
+  source :rubygems
+  gem 'sinatra', :git => "git://github.com/sinatra/sinatra.git"
+  
+  # other dependencies
+  gem 'haml'                    # for instance, if you use haml
+  gem 'activerecord', '~> 3.0'  # maybe you also need ActiveRecord 3.x
+
+Note that you will have to list all your applications dependencies in there.
+Sinatra's direct dependencies (Rack and Tilt) will, however, be automatically
+fetched and added by Bundler.
+
+Now you can run your app like this:
+
+  bundle exec ruby myapp.rb
+
+=== Roll Your Own
+
+Create a local clone and run your app with the <tt>sinatra/lib</tt> directory
+on the <tt>$LOAD_PATH</tt>:
+
+  cd myapp
+  git clone git://github.com/sinatra/sinatra.git
+  ruby -Isinatra/lib myapp.rb
+
+To update the Sinatra sources in the future:
+
+  cd myapp/sinatra
+  git pull
+
+=== Install Globally
+
+You can build the gem on your own:
+
+  git clone git://github.com/sinatra/sinatra.git
+  cd sinatra
+  rake sinatra.gemspec
+  rake install
+
+If you install gems as root, the last step should be
+
+  sudo rake install
+
+== Versioning
+
+Sinatra follows {Semantic Versioning}[http://semver.org/], both SemVer and
+SemVerTag.
+
+== Further Reading
+
+* {Project Website}[http://www.sinatrarb.com/] - Additional documentation,
+  news, and links to other resources.
+* {Contributing}[http://www.sinatrarb.com/contributing] - Find a bug? Need
+  help? Have a patch?
+* {Issue tracker}[http://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/issues]
+* {Twitter}[http://twitter.com/sinatra]
+* {Mailing List}[http://groups.google.com/group/sinatrarb/topics]
+* {IRC: #sinatra}[irc://chat.freenode.net/#sinatra] on http://freenode.net
+* {Sinatra Book}[http://sinatra-book.gittr.com] Cookbook Tutorial
+* {Sinatra Recipes}[http://recipes.sinatrarb.com/] Community 
+  contributed recipes
+* API documentation for the {latest release}[http://rubydoc.info/gems/sinatra]
+  or the {current HEAD}[http://rubydoc.info/github/sinatra/sinatra] on
+  http://rubydoc.info
+* {CI server}[http://ci.rkh.im/view/Sinatra/]