Authentication is one of those features we seem to implement in every app. It's a chore for us, because poor security choices can mean failure. It's a chore for users: yet another password to remember. Why not let those who have spent millions of dollars on this problem, where your users already have an account, deal with this? In this hands-on, we'll setup a developer account for three of the major providers out there (Twitter, Facebook, and Google), and will implement this security in a basic FW/1 app. If time permits, we'll add these security options to a site with an existing security framework. Requirements: Laptop that can connect to wifi. You'll be provided a self-contained instance of Railo Express with needed assets; if you wish to use your own development environment, CF 9.01 or higher or Railo 3.2 or higher; MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server.
About Billy Cravens
Billy has been working with ColdFusion since version 4.0 (1999), and has been an advocate for the language ever since. He is current manager of the Houston ColdFusion Users Group. Billy was a technical reviewer for Wrox Publishing's only ColdFusion title (as well as some of their first .NET titles). As an independent consultant, he builds solutions for other platforms as well, including .NET and node.js. His current focus is on leveraging cloud solutions to build high-end solution with a minimal footprint.