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Authentication
Many web apps let users sign up for a new account and log in and out of their accounts. Together, signing up, logging in and logging out make up an authentication system.
Let’s create an authentication system for a photosharing website built with Ruby on Rails.
If you’re new to Rails, we recommend you do our introductory Rails course first.
Instructions
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We’ve provided a Rails app to get you started. Let’s take a look - first install the gems in the Gemfile.
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Next start a Rails development server.
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Then visit http://localhost:8000 to see a list of all albums.
Click on an album to see the photos inside it.
How can we add an authentication system to this app? Click Next to learn more.