Yeah, I liked the heroku_user idea, as it's convenient to simply authenticate against the heroku account for a simple application where the administrators are the same people that will be contributing to the project.
I think I'll just authenticate against a dumb Hash for now until I have a reason for something more sophisticated, at which point I'll look into Authlogic, Devise, or some other db-backed authorization. In fact, I'll look at them anyways, even though I probably won't need them anytime in the immediate future. Thanks for the tips. -Jdbk On Oct 24, 1:34 pm, Abel Tamayo <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like Heroku Users are used to authenticate users who already have > an account with Heroku and are allowed to check out the application's source > (that's the impression I get from skimming through the article). > > If you're looking for a commonly used, "standard" authentication method, > Authlogic and Devise seem to be the most commonly used gems for the task. > You can find tutorials on them both at railscasts.com > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:28 AM, jundai <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > In looking for a dead-simple auth option for my heroku app, I noticed > > this page:http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2008/1/14/heroku_user/ > > > I tried accessing "heroku", and I wasn't able to get it working. I > > get a: > > > NameError (undefined local variable or method `heroku_user' for > > #<FilmViewingsController:0x2b17f842faa0>): > > app/controllers/application_controller.rb:6:in `authorized?' > > app/controllers/film_viewings_controller.rb:39:in `edit' > > > Is heroku_user something that's still available within heroku apps? > > Is there anything I have to do to enable it? Is it called something > > else now? I can't seem to find any indication that it's been removed > > as a feature, though I imagine heroku's platform has seen a lot of > > change since 2008. > > > -Jdbk > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Heroku" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<heroku%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en.
