On 14 August 2012 04:01, Jean-Sébastien D. <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > This is more just a question of concepts. I have read extensively in > ruby and although many question are still itchy, I am wondering if > making my own authentication is the best. A person told me to follow the > tutorial on http://ruby.railstutorial.org/chapters/ in which I did. > However the authentication system is kinda basic and i am just wondering > if I should follow this tutorial > > - http://erniemiller.org/2008/09/30/easy-role-based-authorization/, > - Device > - Cancan. > > I personally don't understand gems and are a black hole for me
Gems are just bits of ruby code packaged in a way that makes life easy for the user. Rails itself is just a set of gems. Look in the file Gemfile.lock in your application and you will see all the gems you are already using. You will waste a lot of time if you do not build on the shoulders of those who have come before. Spend a small amount of time learning about gems such as cancan and you will progress much more rapidly. Colin -- 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 rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
