Authentication on the Web (Sessions, Cookies, JWT, localStorage, and more)

This video explains the fundamentals of web authentication, comparing stateful session-based authentication with stateless token-based authentication.

In this video, we will cover the fundamentals of user authentication in modern web applications and websites. In particular, we will explore stateful (session-based) and stateless (token-based) auth, and examine cookies, JWT, and client storage in close detail. We will also touch on security aspects inherent with each authentication scheme and lay out practical strategies for implementing authentication in single-page apps and RESTful APIs. This episode is also a companion for the MERN stack series where we build a GraphQL API server with a React front-end youtube.com/watch?v=HKqbBrl_fKc&list=PLcCp4mjO-z9_y8lByvIfNg… You will find however that the general principles in this presentation apply to many programming languages (Ruby, Python, PHP, JS) and frameworks (Rails, Django, Laravel, Express) on the web. My intention with this presentation is to give you a bird's eye view of the popular authentication schemes, and lay the theoretical groundwork for the upcoming implementation tutorials with Node.js. Hopefully, this video will clear up some of the common questions or uncertainties revolving around user auth. Let me know down below if you found it useful. I'll see you devs soon. Markdown presentation with resources and links on GitHub github.com/alex996/presentations