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history # The RAD Blog
So you're interested in writing tight apps with the latest RAD techniques? Welcome to Lithium, the most RAD framework.
This guide is meant for PHP developers trying to get a handle on what Lithium can do, and- more importantly- what it can do for you. In this tutorial we'll build a production-quality blog application within a few hours. By the end of this tutorial, you'll know how to do MVC, data access, authentication, authorization, validation, internationalization, layouts, and unit testing. In short, you'll learn how all about Rapid Application Development, Lithium style.
Enough talk. Let's get started.