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What did we just do?
- We created a model named User.
- In the model, we used the method
has_secure_password. This method adds functionality to save passwords securely. - In order to save passwords securely,
has_secure_passworduses an algorithm called bcrypt. To use bcrypt, we added thebcryptgem to the Gemfile.
Now that the User model is set up, let’s continue by adding columns to the migration files.
Instructions
1.
Open the migration file in db/migrate/ for the users table and add:
- a string column called
first_name - a string column called
last_name - a string column called
email - a string column called
password_digest
2.
Run a migration to update the database.
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