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jcasimir / sessions_and_conversations.markdown
Created September 11, 2011 23:07
Sessions and Conversations in Rails 3

Sessions and Conversations

HTTP is a stateless protocol. Sessions allow us to chain multiple requests together into a conversation between client and server.

Sessions should be an option of last resort. If there's no where else that the data can possibly go to achieve the desired functionality, only then should it be stored in the session. Sessions can be vulnerable to security threats from third parties, malicious users, and can cause scaling problems.

That doesn't mean we can't use sessions, but we should only use them where necessary.

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@andyedinborough
andyedinborough / jquery.oauth.js
Created June 7, 2011 19:30
Introduces $.oauth() to make using OAuth from jQuery as easy as using $.ajax()
(function (window, document, $, undefined) {
if (!$.Deferred) throw 'jQuery 1.5 is required to use the jQuery.oauth script!';
function require(name, url) {
if (window[name] === undefined)
return $.ajax({ type: 'GET', cache: true, dataType: 'script', url: url });
}
$.oauth = function (options) {
var d = $.Deferred();
@tejo
tejo / gist:1012534
Created June 7, 2011 15:52
mechanize example with login and saved cookie
require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'
require 'mysql'
agent = Mechanize.new { |agent|
agent.user_agent_alias = 'Mac Safari'
}