Generating the User Model

In the last chapter, we managed to set up the bare bones for our application’s endpoints configuration.

In the next chapter, we will handle user authentication through authentication tokens and set permissions to limit access for, let’s say, signed-in users.

In the coming chapters, we will relate products to users and give them the ability to place orders.

There are many authentication solutions for Rails, including AuthLogic, Clearance, and Devise. These solutions are turnkey libraries, which allow us to manage things like authentication, password ...