This document discusses Rapid Application Development using free and open source frameworks like TurboGears. It explains that dynamically typed languages like Python are 5-10 times more productive than Java or .NET for RAD. TurboGears is highlighted as a leading RAD framework that allows developing complete database-driven web applications in minutes using Python. Key benefits of TurboGears include developing applications faster and cheaper while achieving productivity and time-to-market advantages.