It's as easy as:

   perl -MCPAN -eshell
   notest install Jifty

   jifty app --name MyJiftyApp
   cd MyJiftyApp
   jifty model --name User

Edit lib/MyJiftyApp/Model/User.pm to add the following lines in the schema section:

       column name =>
           type is 'text',
           is mandatory;
       column email =>
           type is 'text';

And then run this command to set up your database

   jifty schema --setup

When you're ready to use your (somewhat simplistic) new user database, start the standalone jifty server for your application:

   jifty server

For something a bit more in depth, check out the manual. The code for Wifty (which powers this site), which is a bit more complex than the tutorial in the manual, may also be a good place to start -- you can grab the code via svn co http://svn.jifty.org/svn/jifty.org/wifty/trunk.

If you want to go into more detail, you may look here:

• Basic Concepts
• Creating an application
• Starting the Server
• Create Pages and Templates
• Understanding and tuning the config file

You can view a 20 min screencast here -- Note: the screencast (and other docs on that site) make use of the 'Login' plugin, which is not yet ready for use, and does not install with the Jifty distro, so don't try to copy what you see and expect it to work exactly the same. For more information see cpan rt ticket 24107