# Shield

Shield

_n. A solid piece of metal code used to protect your application._

## Why another authentication library?

1. Because most of the other libraries are too huge.
2. Extending other libraries is a pain.
3. Writing code is fun :-)

## Description of Shield

1. Simple
2. Doesn't get in the way
3. Extensible (see [shield-contrib][shield-contrib]).

## Getting started

The fastest way to get started is by using one of the drop-in solutions
in [shield-contrib][shield-contrib].

## Tutorials

You can learn more by reading through some of our tutorials:

1. [Sinatra & OHM][sin-ohm]
2. [Sinatra & Sequel][sin-sequel]


[sin]: http://sinatrarb.com
[ohm]: http://ohm.keyvalue.org
[shield-contrib]: http://github.com/cyx/shield-contrib
[sin-ohm]: http://cyx.github.com/shield/sinatra-ohm.html
[sin-sequel]: http://cyx.github.com/shield/sinatra-sequel.html