User Authentication plugin

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Hi, I have to start a new application. Can anyone tell me whether should I use "Restful Authentication" or "Authlogic"?

Thanks, Mike

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Authlogic

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Mike Disuza wrote:

Hi, I have to start a new application. Can anyone tell me whether should I use "Restful Authentication" or "Authlogic"?

Definitely Authlogic (I've also been hearing good things about Devise, but never tried it). restful_authentication relies on unmaintainable generated code, whereas Authlogic has a much cleaner approach.

Thanks, Mike

Best,

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Actually, I think you should try Devise http://github.com/plataformatec/devise

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> I have to start a new application. Can anyone tell me whether should I > use "Restful Authentication" or "Authlogic"?

Definately Authlogic.

It takes a bit longer to set up than Restful_authentication but it is TOTALLY worth it.

The main reason is because with Authlogic, YOU write some basic code. But with Restful_authentication, it generates all this code that is hard to customize and maintain.

Here's a railscast: #160 Authlogic - RailsCasts