June 11, 2010
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On the request of many people here is a quick guide to developing OAuth Consumer Application (Consumer==Client in OAuth Speak) in Ruby.
I will be using Agree2 as the sample application here, so feel free to go Register and load up a irb session to follow along. You could also do the same with Twitter’s OAuth or any other OAuth server.
(Link: Developing OAuth clients in Ruby – Stake Ventures)
April 7, 2009
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For those developers who are new to oAuth but too A.D.D. to read the ridiculously long “Beginner’s Guide to oAuth,”
(Link: Twitter oAuth Flow for dummies)
April 3, 2009
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TwitterAuth has been out for a little while and has received some great feedback. Dr. Nic released a great template that lets you quickly build a TwitterAuth app for deployment to SliceHost (via Intridea Development Blog)
(Link: Rails Template: Create a Twitter Application in Seconds)
March 29, 2009
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Twitter OAuth Explained and What It Is Good For // RailsTips
I see OAuth as the easiest solution for users. When determining how something will work for users, I often user the mom test. I guarantee you if my mom wanted to print a picture from flickr, she would not be able to figure out how to create an API key on Flickr and then use it with the printing site. Think about the opposite though. I definitely think that when redirected to flickr from the printing site, she could click yes to grant the printing site access.
March 23, 2009
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TwitterAuth: For Near-Instant Twitter Apps
TwitterAuth is a Rails plugin that provides a full external authentication stack for Rails applications utilizing Twitter. Think of it as “Twitter Connect” for Rails, letting you create an application that may be logged into using only Twitter credentials.
