Ruby on Rails Authentication

Creating an Authentication System

A common feature of web applications is to allow people to sign up and create an account, and then be able to log in with an email address and password. There are many security concerns that need to be taken into account when implementing such a feature. Fortunately, Ruby on Rails has several pre-built tools to make implementing a login system easy.

Extra Credit

Fix it!

In this stage, we add an authentication system and association to statuses. We also introduce an error. For extra credit, try fixing the errors before Jim does in the next video in the series.