Being a rails newbie, I started to design our first rails-based webapp. This app should not only be used via browsers, but we also want to provide a (RESTful) api. I love the 'convention over configuration' paradigm, but am totally clueless on what to do when it comes to user authentication. Is there a THE rails-way of doing this?
I found many excellent gems and plugins, such as AAA or thoughtbot's clearance. However, I keep asking myself, why not just use HTTP (digest) authentication? I may be missing something, but why do big players such as Facebook implement their own (token- and secret-based) scheme? What are you guys using? What is your favorite gem/plugin for user auth? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
