Allow page after sign in to be configured.

README.rdoc

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Right now it's composed of four mainly modules:
 
 == Dependencies
 
-Devise is based on Warden (http://github.com/hassox/warden), a Rack Authentication Framework from hassox (http://github.com/hassox), so you're gonna need to install this gem. Current warden version is 0.4.0. Please ensure you have it installed in order to use devise (see instalation below).
+Devise is based on Warden (http://github.com/hassox/warden), a Rack Authentication Framework so you need to install it as a gem. Current warden version is 0.4.0. Please ensure you have it installed in order to use devise (see instalation below).
 
 == Installation
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Install devise as an engine (plugin) inside your app:
 
   script/plugin install git://github.com/plataformatec/devise.git
 
-And you're ready to use devise.
+And you're ready to go.
 
 == Basic Usage
 
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ We're assuming here you want a User model. First of all you have to setup a migr
   t.string :email,              :null => false
   t.string :encrypted_password, :null => false
   t.string :password_salt,      :null => false
+
   # required for confirmable
   t.string   :confirmation_token
   t.datetime :confirmation_sent_at
   t.datetime :confirmed_at
+
   # required for recoverable
   t.string   :reset_password_token
 
@@ -57,17 +59,22 @@ This line adds devise authenticable automatically for you inside your User class
 
   # Same as using only devise, authenticable is activated by default
   devise :authenticable
-  # Include confirmable
+
+  # Include authenticable + confirmable
   devise :confirmable
-  # Include recoverable
+
+  # Include authenticable + recoverable
   devise :recoverable
-  # Include validatable
+
-  devise :validatable
+  # Include authenticable + conformable + recoverable + validatable
-  # Include all of them
   devise :confirmable, :recoverable, :validatable
+
   # Same as above, include all of them
   devise :all
 
+  # Include all except recoverable
+  devise :all, :except => :recoverable
+
 Note that validations aren't added by default, so you're able to customize it. In order to have automatic validations working just include :validatable.
 
 The next step after setting up your model is to configure your routes for devise. You do this by opening up your config/routes.rb and adding:
@@ -113,7 +120,7 @@ There are also some options available for configuring your routes:
 
 And that is it! Devise is gonna create some helpers to use inside your controllers and views. To setup a controller that needs user authentication, just add this before_filter:
 
-  before_filter :sign_in_user!
+  before_filter :authenticate_user!
 
 To verify if a user is signed in, you have the following helper:
 
@@ -129,12 +136,16 @@ Devise let's you setup as many roles as you want, so let's say you already have
   t.string :email,              :null => false
   t.string :encrypted_password, :null => false
   t.string :password_salt,      :null => false
+
   # Inside your Admin model
   devise :validatable
+
   # Inside your routes
   map.devise_for :admin
+
   # Inside your protected controller
   before_filter :sign_in_admin!
+
   # Inside your controllers and views
   admin_signed_in?
   current_admin

app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class SessionsController < ApplicationController
   def create
     if authenticate(resource_name)
       set_flash_message :success, :signed_in
-      redirect_back_or_to root_path
+      redirect_back_or_to home_or_root_path
     else
       unauthenticated!
       render :new
@@ -31,4 +31,9 @@ class SessionsController < ApplicationController
       flash.now[:failure] = I18n.t(:"#{resource_name}.unauthenticated",
                                    :scope => [:devise, :sessions], :default => :unauthenticated)
     end
+
+    def home_or_root_path
+      home_path = :"#{resource_name}_home_path"
+      respond_to?(home_path, true) ? send(home_path) : root_path
+    end
 end

lib/devise/active_record.rb

@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ module Devise
     #   # include authenticable + validatable modules
     #   devise :validatable
     #
-    #   # include all modules
+    #   # include authenticable + confirmable + recoverable + validatable
     #   devise :confirmable, :recoverable, :validatable
     #
     #   # shortcut to include all modules (same as above)
     #   devise :all
     #
-    #   # include all except :recoverable
+    #   # include all except recoverable
     #   devise :all, :except => :recoverable
     #
     def devise(*modules)

test/integration/authenticable_test.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'test/test_helper'
 
 class AuthenticationTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
 
-  test 'home should be accessible without signed in admins' do
+  test 'home should be accessible without signed in' do
     visit '/'
     assert_response :success
     assert_template 'home/index'
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class AuthenticationTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
     assert_redirected_to new_admin_session_path(:unauthenticated => true)
   end
 
-  test 'signed in as admin should be able to access admin actions successfully' do
+  test 'signed in as admin should be able to access admin actions' do
     sign_in_as_admin
     assert warden.authenticated?(:admin)
     assert_not warden.authenticated?(:user)
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class AuthenticationTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
     assert_not warden.authenticated?(:admin)
   end
 
-  test 'not authenticated admin does not set error message on sign out' do
+  test 'unauthenticated admin does not set message on sign out' do
     get destroy_admin_session_path
     assert_response :redirect
     assert_redirected_to root_path
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class AuthenticationTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
     assert_not_contain 'Signed out successfully'
   end
 
-  test 'redirect with warden show error message' do
+  test 'redirect from warden shows error message' do
     get admins_path
 
     warden_path = new_admin_session_path(:unauthenticated => true)
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class AuthenticationTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
     assert_not_contain 'Send me reset password instructions'
   end
 
-  test 'return to default url if no one was requested' do
+  test 'return to default url if no other was requested' do
     sign_in_as_user
 
     assert_template 'home/index'
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ class AuthenticationTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
     assert_nil session[:"user.return_to"]
   end
 
+  test 'return to configured home path after sign in' do
+    sign_in_as_admin
+    assert_equal "/admin_area/home", @request.path
+  end
+
   test 'allows session to be set by a given scope' do
     sign_in_as_user
     visit 'users/index'

test/rails_app/config/routes.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   map.root :controller => :home
 
   map.connect '/admin_area/password/new', :controller => "passwords", :action => "new"
+  map.admin_home '/admin_area/home', :controller => "admins", :action => "index"
+
   map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
   map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format'
 end