Simple authorization in #RoR apps.

Simple authorization in Ruby on Rails apps — Elabs

elabs.se 20 Nov '12, 1pm

Simple authorization in #RoR apps.

Here at Elabs, we’ve been using CanCan for authorization in a number of applications. Ryan Bates managed to build an authorization system which is both simple and powerful. A step away from the bloated role based system available at the time, yet more sophisticated than simply tacking on methods on ActiveRecord models. Over time though we’ve come against a few grievances with CanCan. Ability files quickly become too big to manage, and there is no built in strategy for splitting up abilities across multiple files. Even worse, there is no natural way to structure ability files. We usually resort to comments to divide the file into sections for different models. All ability rules need to be evaluated for every request. While not a huge performance hit, it seems like a built in wastefulness. And finally: at the time of writing, CanCan has 128 open issues, 28 open pull requests...

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@zoraslapen » 28 Nov '12, 5am
RT @ice_on_rails: Simple authorization in #RoR apps. [link]
@ice_on_rails » 28 Nov '12, 3am
Simple authorization in #RoR apps. [link]
@chrisdarroch » 23 Nov '12, 9am
RT @bjeanes: Reading posts like this make me want to go work for @elabs [link]
@bjeanes » 21 Nov '12, 8pm
Reading posts like this make me want to go work for @elabs [link]
@bcardarella » 21 Nov '12, 3pm
RT @saturnflyer: @bcardarella this [link] ?
@saturnflyer » 21 Nov '12, 3pm
@bcardarella this [link] ?
@jgoodsen » 20 Nov '12, 10pm
Simple auth in Ruby on Rails apps with Pundit [link]
@jneira » 20 Nov '12, 9pm
Simple authorization in Ruby on Rails apps [link] via @prismatic
@atipugin » 20 Nov '12, 6pm
Отличная легковесная замена CanCan [link]
@id_ruby » 20 Nov '12, 6pm
A simple and elegant authorization system with #ruby and #rails [link]
@mptre » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
Simple authorization in Ruby on Rails apps: [link]
@_ketann » 21 Nov '12, 7pm
Simple authorization in Ruby on Rails apps [link] via @prismatic

Simple authorization in Ruby on Rails apps — Elabs

Simple authorization in #RoR apps.

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