Ruby on Rails Crash Course: Authentication and Authorization

When creating a Web application, you usually have to start with the two key elements:

• Authentication - User log in, user account management.
• Authorization - User roles and permissions.

Code-Along and build a Web App MVP covering all aspects of Log-In, User Management, and Role-Management functionality.

Core topics covered:

• Basic authorization via email (Devise)
• Social log in via Google
• Social log in via Facebook
• Social log in via Twitter
• Social log in via Github
• Devise confirmable
• Devise trackable
  
• Devise lockable
• Devise invitable - Inviting users to join the app via email
  
• Banning users
• Deleting users
• Editing user profile
• Managing user roles (admin, teacher, student) without any gems
  
• Role-based access to different features (example: only admin can ban a user) without any gems
• Blocking bot registrations 
• Sending transactional emails in production (Amazon SES)

Chapters:

• Chapter 0 - Introduction
• Chapter 1 - Hello World. Install Ruby on Rails. Git.
• Chapter 2 - Basic styling. Bootstrap. Fontawesome.
• Chapter 3 - Advanced User Authentication, User Management
• Chapter 4 - Log in with social accounts
• Chapter 5 - User Roles and Authorization (without gems!)
• Chapter 6 - Styling the app
• Chapter 7 - Inviting users via email to join our app
• Chapter 8 - Preparing for production
• Chapter 9 - PRO FEATURE - Strong params authorization
• Chapter 10 - Bonus features, Adjustments and Improvements
• Chapter 11 - Next Steps

By the end of the course you will have created a boilerplate, based on which you can build any business application of your dream.

This course can be interesting for Ruby on Rails developers of all levels: for beginners and for veterans.

As a beginner, you will get the whole experience of thinking and building the core lifesystem of any modern Web Application.

As a veteran, you will get acquainted with some exquisite approaches for problem-solving, and features that you could have not encountered in the past.

We are not going to cover the fundamentals of what Ruby and Rails are: there are other, more basic courses for that.

Instead, we will dive straight into coding along and building our application step-by-step, feature-by-feature.

As well all enrolled students will have access to the source code, support materials and discussion groups.

❗Demo of the final application: https://superauth.herokuapp.com/

❓Any questions or hesitations? DM me on twitter https://twitter.com/yarotheslav

Looking forward to seeing you inside the course!