Add it to your Gemfile:

# Gemfile
gem 'ecm_user_area2'

If you don’t have devise installed, install it:

rails g devise:install

Install:

rails g ecm:user_area:install

Add Migrations and migrate:

rake ecm_user_area_engine:install:migrations && rake db:migrate

Add routes:

# config/routes.rb
Ecm::UserArea::Routing.routes(self)

Add the helpers:

#app/controllers/application_controller.rb
helper Ecm::UserAreaHelper

to secure a controller, add following before_action:

# app/controllers/my_secure_controller.rb
before_action :authenticate_user!

When you visit any controller actions, you will be redirected to the sign in form.

Inside a navbar:

<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-responsive-collapse">
  <span class="icon-bar"></span>
  <span class="icon-bar"></span>
  <span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse navbar-responsive-collapse">
  <%= render_user_navigation %>
</div>

You can call render_user_navigation(dropdown: true) to create a dropdown navigation

gem install bundler
bundle
cd spec/dummy && rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=test && cd ../..
guard

This project rocks and uses MIT-LICENSE.