I have been trying for a few days to set up a basic user registration/ login system with rails 3 and nearly every single piece of documentation is outdated. Restful_authentication has several git branches, none of which appear to result in a working installation. All of them leave me with "could not find generator authenticated". With Devise: "could not find generator devise" Which I only got slightly installed after finding some guy''s blog entry on the subject. authlogic finally got installed and I could generate some models but the documentation broke down when the singular guide I could find for rails 3 was unable to account for an uninitialized constant userSessionController. I could not find much of any documentation on the general "uninitialized constant" error anywhere. I still see most references saying to use "script/*" method. Am I better off downgrading to some old version of rails? Or have I just been horribly wrong in everything? I would really like to use rails for my projects, but it seems as though there is no unification in the project. Nothing works together from moment to moment, and updates seem to break every thing. If rails 3 is too new, what is the recommended rails version with compatibility with plugins in mind? Or can anyone suggest a registration/authentication framework/plugin for rails 3 that has concise clear and functional documentation that isn''t fragmented and pieced together from semi-working examples taken from blog sites? -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
aperture science wrote:> I have been trying for a few days to set up a basic user registration/ > login system with rails 3 and nearly every single piece of > documentation is outdated.Probably because Rails 3 just came out and not everything''s been updated yet.> Restful_authentication has several git > branches, none of which appear to result in a working installation. > All of them leave me with "could not find generator authenticated".Glad to hear it. restful_authentication is bad. Avoid. [...]> authlogic finally got installed and I could generate some models but > the documentation broke down when the singular guide I could find for > rails 3 was unable to account for an uninitialized constant > userSessionController. I could not find much of any documentation on > the general "uninitialized constant" error anywhere.It just means that you have a constant (usually a class name, but could be any constant) that the interpreter has never heard of. In this case, that means that it wasn''t seeing the UserSessionController definition. There are people using Authlogic with Rails 3, I think. A quick Google search on "authlogic rails 3" yields lots of hits.> > I still see most references saying to use "script/*" method. > > Am I better off downgrading to some old version of rails?Probably not.> Or have I > just been horribly wrong in everything?I don''t know.> > > I would really like to use rails for my projects, but it seems as > though there is no unification in the project.There''s lots of unification in the Rails project. Third-party gems are another story, of course.> Nothing works together > from moment to moment, and updates seem to break every thing.That''s not really true in general. You''re coming in as version 3 -- a complete rewrite -- gains traction. Of course things will break.> If > rails 3 is too new, what is the recommended rails version with > compatibility with plugins in mind? Or can anyone suggest a > registration/authentication framework/plugin for rails 3 that has > concise clear and functional documentation that isn''t fragmented and > pieced together from semi-working examples taken from blog sites?Authlogic should work, from what I understand. Have you taken the time to understand the Rails framework and the Ruby language before getting plugins working? Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
aperture science wrote:> I have been trying for a few days to set up a basic user registration/ > login system with rails 3 and nearly every single piece of > documentation is outdated.This is not uncommon on the open source. With the vast number of changes from Rails 2.x to Rails 3.0 It''s my feeling the community has done an outstanding job of updating the critical documentation. Of course the conversion isn''t complete, but I think your 90% figure is far to high.> Restful_authentication has several git > branches, none of which appear to result in a working installation. > All of them leave me with "could not find generator authenticated".I would highly recommend against restful_authentication. Most Rails developers have moved to the better solutions like Devise and Authlogic.> With Devise: "could not find generator devise" Which I only got > slightly installed after finding some guy''s blog entry on the subject.I''m not sure about Devise, I''ve started implementing in Rails 3 and had no problem running the generator with the documented Rails 3 command: rails generate devise:install Are you sure that your Rails 3 environment, and Ruby, is installed and configured properly? What platform are you using? (Operating system, Ruby version, RVM, etc)> authlogic finally got installed and I could generate some models but > the documentation broke down when the singular guide I could find for > rails 3 was unable to account for an uninitialized constant > userSessionController. I could not find much of any documentation on > the general "uninitialized constant" error anywhere.I''ve not tried Authlogic. However unless "userSessionController" is just a typo in this forum post I can certainly see why you would get an "uninitialized constant" error since class names should be upper camel case (e.g. UserSessionController). That''s basic Ruby and has nothing to do with poor documentation on the part of Rails or Authlogic.> I still see most references saying to use "script/*" method.Why is that a big deal? Rails 3 documentation (http://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html) clearly states the usage of the new commands (e.g. rails generate (g), rails server (s), etc.).> Am I better off downgrading to some old version of rails? Or have I > just been horribly wrong in everything?I''d say no. For anyone starting out with Rails I''d recommend learning Rails 3. Given this stuff is all open source I''d say to start getting used to figuring things out for yourself. This is a community effort. Most people working on Rails have other jobs as well. Documentation is "owned" by the community. Rather than complain about the documentation start contributing to fix it. If you find something wrong fix it and submit it. I''m sure the Rails team would appreciate such contributions.> I would really like to use rails for my projects, but it seems as > though there is no unification in the project. Nothing works together > from moment to moment, and updates seem to break every thing. If > rails 3 is too new, what is the recommended rails version with > compatibility with plugins in mind? Or can anyone suggest a > registration/authentication framework/plugin for rails 3 that has > concise clear and functional documentation that isn''t fragmented and > pieced together from semi-working examples taken from blog sites?I have, so far, not run into any of the issues you''ve mentioned with my experimentation with Devise. I found their documentation to be clear, concise and accurate. I think you have some other problems with your setup. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
I just set up authlogic with rails 3 last week, this forum was super helpful http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/204464 I followed this post http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/204464#916795 and it Just Worked On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Robert Walker <lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:> aperture science wrote: > > I have been trying for a few days to set up a basic user registration/ > > login system with rails 3 and nearly every single piece of > > documentation is outdated. > > This is not uncommon on the open source. With the vast number of changes > from Rails 2.x to Rails 3.0 It''s my feeling the community has done an > outstanding job of updating the critical documentation. Of course the > conversion isn''t complete, but I think your 90% figure is far to high. > > > Restful_authentication has several git > > branches, none of which appear to result in a working installation. > > All of them leave me with "could not find generator authenticated". > > I would highly recommend against restful_authentication. Most Rails > developers have moved to the better solutions like Devise and Authlogic. > > > With Devise: "could not find generator devise" Which I only got > > slightly installed after finding some guy''s blog entry on the subject. > > I''m not sure about Devise, I''ve started implementing in Rails 3 and had > no problem running the generator with the documented Rails 3 command: > > rails generate devise:install > > Are you sure that your Rails 3 environment, and Ruby, is installed and > configured properly? > What platform are you using? (Operating system, Ruby version, RVM, etc) > > > authlogic finally got installed and I could generate some models but > > the documentation broke down when the singular guide I could find for > > rails 3 was unable to account for an uninitialized constant > > userSessionController. I could not find much of any documentation on > > the general "uninitialized constant" error anywhere. > > I''ve not tried Authlogic. However unless "userSessionController" is just > a typo in this forum post I can certainly see why you would get an > "uninitialized constant" error since class names should be upper camel > case (e.g. UserSessionController). That''s basic Ruby and has nothing to > do with poor documentation on the part of Rails or Authlogic. > > > I still see most references saying to use "script/*" method. > > Why is that a big deal? Rails 3 documentation > (http://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html) clearly states the > usage of the new commands (e.g. rails generate (g), rails server (s), > etc.). > > > Am I better off downgrading to some old version of rails? Or have I > > just been horribly wrong in everything? > > I''d say no. For anyone starting out with Rails I''d recommend learning > Rails 3. > > Given this stuff is all open source I''d say to start getting used to > figuring things out for yourself. This is a community effort. Most > people working on Rails have other jobs as well. Documentation is > "owned" by the community. Rather than complain about the documentation > start contributing to fix it. If you find something wrong fix it and > submit it. I''m sure the Rails team would appreciate such contributions. > > > I would really like to use rails for my projects, but it seems as > > though there is no unification in the project. Nothing works together > > from moment to moment, and updates seem to break every thing. If > > rails 3 is too new, what is the recommended rails version with > > compatibility with plugins in mind? Or can anyone suggest a > > registration/authentication framework/plugin for rails 3 that has > > concise clear and functional documentation that isn''t fragmented and > > pieced together from semi-working examples taken from blog sites? > > I have, so far, not run into any of the issues you''ve mentioned with my > experimentation with Devise. I found their documentation to be clear, > concise and accurate. 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On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 4:49 AM, aperture science <mekkagojira-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I have been trying for a few days to set up a basic user registration/ > login system with rails 3 and nearly every single piece of > documentation is outdated.http://www.railsapi.com/doc/rails-v3.0.0_ruby-v1.9.2/ There''s a very nice authentication system described in the Rails book: http://pragprog.com/titles/rails4/agile-web-development-with-rails -- Greg Donald destiney.com | gregdonald.com -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
I am on Rails 3 and using authlogic, I followed Ryan Bates RailsCast #160 on the matter and things worked (although the cast was using an older version). I relate to your pain though. I know there is light at the end of the tunnel but I have been cursing a lot and having flashbacks to my C#.net days. Good thing is the Rails community overall is pretty helpful. If you can give me some more specifics I could compare with my code. Also, may or may not make a difference but I am using Ruby 1.9.2. David On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Marnen Laibow-Koser <lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>wrote:> aperture science wrote: > > I have been trying for a few days to set up a basic user registration/ > > login system with rails 3 and nearly every single piece of > > documentation is outdated. > > Probably because Rails 3 just came out and not everything''s been updated > yet. > > > Restful_authentication has several git > > branches, none of which appear to result in a working installation. > > All of them leave me with "could not find generator authenticated". > > Glad to hear it. restful_authentication is bad. Avoid. > > [...] > > authlogic finally got installed and I could generate some models but > > the documentation broke down when the singular guide I could find for > > rails 3 was unable to account for an uninitialized constant > > userSessionController. I could not find much of any documentation on > > the general "uninitialized constant" error anywhere. > > It just means that you have a constant (usually a class name, but could > be any constant) that the interpreter has never heard of. In this case, > that means that it wasn''t seeing the UserSessionController definition. > > There are people using Authlogic with Rails 3, I think. A quick Google > search on "authlogic rails 3" yields lots of hits. > > > > > I still see most references saying to use "script/*" method. > > > > Am I better off downgrading to some old version of rails? > > Probably not. > > > Or have I > > just been horribly wrong in everything? > > I don''t know. > > > > > > > I would really like to use rails for my projects, but it seems as > > though there is no unification in the project. > > There''s lots of unification in the Rails project. Third-party gems are > another story, of course. > > > Nothing works together > > from moment to moment, and updates seem to break every thing. > > That''s not really true in general. You''re coming in as version 3 -- a > complete rewrite -- gains traction. Of course things will break. > > > If > > rails 3 is too new, what is the recommended rails version with > > compatibility with plugins in mind? Or can anyone suggest a > > registration/authentication framework/plugin for rails 3 that has > > concise clear and functional documentation that isn''t fragmented and > > pieced together from semi-working examples taken from blog sites? > > Authlogic should work, from what I understand. Have you taken the time > to understand the Rails framework and the Ruby language before getting > plugins working? > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koser > http://www.marnen.org > marnen-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org<rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > >-- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Thanks for all the replies. I took advice and ditched trying to get restful-authentication to work, and re-focused on authlogic. I have been able to piece together a semi-working system now. More or less... I can log in and view a page only accessible to registered members now. I am trying to devise a manner to display only certain content on my main index to authenticated visitors, I don''t know if i can put something like an "if(authenticated) #hidden" line into my main index.haml, but that is probably beyond the scope of this thread. I did not realize just quite how new and different rails 3 is compared to previous versions. But I look forward to developing further with the framework as I really like how it all works (when I am able to get it to work, at least). Part of my initial frustrations I believe were a result of not understanding some of the basic concepts, plus I''ve been trying to develop on Windows, which has it''s own heap of frustrating ''features'', but I am starting to get the hang of it. Thanks again. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
aperture science wrote:> Thanks for all the replies. I took advice and ditched trying to get > restful-authentication to work, and re-focused on authlogic.Good move. :)> I have been able to piece together a semi-working system now. More or > less... I can log in and view a page only accessible to registered > members now. I am trying to devise a manner to display only certain > content on my main index to authenticated visitors, I don''t know if i > can put something like an "if(authenticated) #hidden" line into my > main index.haml, but that is probably beyond the scope of this thread.Sounds like you''re missing a key difference between authentication and authorization. Authlogic is designed to provide authentication (is this user''s identity valid). Authorization asks, "Can this authenticated user, or group of authenticated users, allowed to read/write/delete this data?" For authorization I''d recommend looking into something like CanCan: http://github.com/ryanb/cancan> I did not realize just quite how new and different rails 3 is compared > to previous versions. But I look forward to developing further with > the framework as I really like how it all works (when I am able to get > it to work, at least).A lot of really great work has gone into Rails 3. I''m really liking what I''ve seen so far.> Part of my initial frustrations I believe were a result of not > understanding some of the basic concepts, plus I''ve been trying to > develop on Windows, which has it''s own heap of frustrating ''features'', > but I am starting to get the hang of it.Exactly why I gave up on Windows a long time ago. As my personal choice I develop on a Mac and deploy to Ubuntu. That''s not intended to be "troll food" to start a platform war, but I have heard a lot frustration from people trying to develop Rails on Windows. I know it can be done, and hopefully things are getting better. However, it is true that a lot of Rails revolves around traditionally UNIX based tools (Git, SQLite, MySQL, PosgreSQL, etc.). Having a UNIX based system just seems to make all that work seamlessly. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.