Authentication is a vital part of many web apps. I should not need to persuade you that an authentication must be easy to use and well-protected at the same time. You may either write it from scratch or use one of the many gems available out there.
This article is the first in the upcoming series devoted to authentication in Rails. We are going to take a look at Sorcery, a less well-known, but very convenient and easy to use gem created by Noam Ben-Ari and other folks. In comparison to Devise, Sorcery is a bit more low level and requires the developer to perform some additional actions. However, this is a good thing because you can cherry-pick only the required functionality.
Additional options are added with the help of submodules. Initially, Sorcery provides only the most minimal set of features. There are submodules to enable user activation, brute force protection, OAuth 2 support and more. It is really up to you to decide on what your app needs. "Less is more" is one of the main principles of Sorcery.
I hope you are excited to get to know Sorcery better. :) Read on and let's build a demo app together!
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