Is there such a plugin for rails that will do everything for user registrations, or must this all be coded from the ground up using various plugins and combining them or just coding some parts by hand?
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A:
Check out AuthLogic and Devise.
These will handle all the registration, login, logout, password reset etc for you. You still have to do some work, but the logic itself is done for you.
Tanel Suurhans
2010-06-22 16:29:32
I haven't used Devise yet, but I'll second the recommendation for authlogic. It's good stuff.
jdl
2010-06-22 16:39:57
And for generic gems/plugins like these, checkout ruby-toolbox: http://ruby-toolbox.com/categories/rails_authentication.html
Marc-André Lafortune
2010-06-22 17:40:08
Does this handle password recovery? Seems like a lifesaver kind of feature.
Zombies
2010-06-22 18:23:45
Yep, you can have a unique token generated and a link associated with it for the token-based access to password reset etc.
Tanel Suurhans
2010-06-22 19:14:37
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A:
I'm a Rails noob, and of all the authentication gems, I found Devise to be by far the least confusing to learn how to use. Ryan Bates's Railscast on Devise is a great help as well.
Be sure to install the correct gem for the version of Rails you're using.
pborenstein
2010-06-23 04:18:00