Complete Guide to Authentication in JavaScript

• Authentication

  1 6 1.2 JavaScript

  🔐 Backend code of a secure password Authentication API.

Here's the source code if you want to dive directly into the code.

• node

  943 104,274 9.9 JavaScript

  Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨

  

A quick note: You will be building this API with Node.js and Express. Make sure that Node.js is installed on your machine. If not, go ahead and download it from the official website.

• SurveyJS

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  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• Mongoose

  109 26,667 10.0 JavaScript

  MongoDB object modeling designed to work in an asynchronous environment.

  

After importing the mongoose module, use the [mongoose.connect()](https://mongoosejs.com/docs/api/mongoose.html#mongoose_Mongoose-connect) function to connect to the database. The first argument is the connection string, and the second argument is an object that contains the options, which are used to configure the connection. The above code logs the message, MongoDB connection is established successfully! 🎉, once the connection is successful.

• frank_jwt

  355 250 3.1 Rust

  JSON Web Token implementation in Rust.

Before creating the endpoint, let's make some helper functions to help us sign JWT tokens. JSON Web Tokens are used to exchange data between clients and servers in a secure manner. We will store the users’ information inside the browser's cookie storage as a JWT token for security reasons. JWTs contain user information encrypted and signed with a secret key. For more information about JWTs, you can read this article.

• Express

  682 63,931 8.3 JavaScript

  Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

  

A quick note: You will be building this API with Node.js and Express. Make sure that Node.js is installed on your machine. If not, go ahead and download it from the official website.

• babili

  30 4,383 0.0 JavaScript

  :scissors: An ES6+ aware minifier based on the Babel toolchain (beta)

  

You must have a basic understanding of JavaScript and be familiar with some of the features of ES6, the most recent version of JavaScript, to follow this tutorial. More information is available here if you’re unfamiliar with ES6. If you are more familiar with the older version of JavaScript, you might find the babel REPL more helpful to see how ES6 code is translated.

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