This document provides an overview of Ruby on Rails and how it can be used to develop fast web applications with an Oracle database backend. It discusses key Rails concepts like MVC architecture and Active Record. It also demonstrates how to connect Rails to Oracle using gems like ruby-oci8, activerecord-oracle_enhanced-adapter, and ruby-plsql to access Oracle data types, stored procedures, and full-text search capabilities. The document concludes with deployment options and pointers to related sessions.