rails new typus_test_app cd typus_test_app/ vi Gemfile

add rspec-rails

bundle rails g rspec:install rails g scaffold message title:string content:text rake db:migrate vi config/routes.rb

add root

rm public/index.html

add devise to Gemfile

bundle rails generate devise:install

follow instructions

rails generate devise User

leave as default setup

rake db:migrate

To require authentication for writing/creating:

app/controllers/messages_controller.rb class MessagesController < ApplicationController before_filter :authenticate_user!, :except => [:show, :index]

add typus to Gemfile

bundle rails generate typus

rails generate typus:migration -u User insert app/models/user.rb create config/initializers/typus_authentication.rb create config/typus/typus.yml create config/typus/typus_roles.yml identical app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb invoke rspec identical spec/controllers/admin/users_controller_spec.rb create db/migrate/20110215065356_create_users.rb

cat db/migrate/20110215065356_create_users.rb class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration

def self.up create_table :users do |t| t.string :first_name, :default => "", :null => false t.string :last_name, :default => "", :null => false t.string :role, :null => false t.string :email, :null => false t.boolean :status, :default => false t.string :token, :null => false t.string :salt, :null => false t.string :crypted_password, :null => false t.string :preferences t.timestamps end add_index :users, :email, :unique => true end

def self.down drop_table :users end

SQLite3::SQLException: Cannot add a NOT NULL column with default value NULL: ALTER TABLE "users" ADD "role" varchar(255) NOT NULL

class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration

def self.up add_column :users, :first_name, :string, :default => "" #, :null => false add_column :users, :last_name, :string, :default => "" #, :null => false add_column :users, :role, :string #, :null => false add_column :users, :status, :boolean, :default => false add_column :users, :token, :string #, :null => false add_column :users, :salt, :string #, :null => false add_column :users, :crypted_password, :string #, :null => false add_column :users, :preferences, :string end

def self.down drop_table :users end

end

in the user model I had to remove the attr_accessible

attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me

WARNING: Can't mass-assign protected attributes: role, preferences

Maybe I could have opened those instead