DEPRECATION WARNING: You didn't set config.secret_key_base

Question

I receive this warning when running my specs. Is there a best practice for generating a secret_key_base, or will any string suffice (with regard to security concerns)?

Answer 1

If you are a total noob like me, remember to put the secret_key_base = 'whatever' inside single quotes. Just a copy and paste without quotes will throw an error :

C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-4.0.8/lib/act ive_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `load': C:/Users/Jeff C/documents/rails_proje cts/first_app/config/initializers/secret_token.rb:1: syntax error, unexpected tI DENTIFIER, expecting $end (SyntaxError)