jinnic/rails-react-auth-lecture

API Auth for Single Page Applications

Session-Based Auth vs Token-Based Auth

In the video below, I discuss two approaches to auth working with separate frontend and backend applications, and some pros and cons of each approach. After watching this, you can decide to go to the Session-Based Auth section or Token-Based Auth section in this readme based on what you'd like to implement in your application.

• Video
• Slides

Now it's choose-your-own-adventure time!

Session-Based Auth

Completed code for this section is in session-auth-client and session-auth-server. You'll also find more notes in the SESSION.md readme.

• Playlist with all the videos

Here are all the individual video links:

• Part 1: Rails Setup
• Part 2: Sign Up
• Part 2.1: Sign Up Continued
• Part 3: Login
• Part 4: Autologin
• Part 5: Logout
• Part 6: Authorization
• Part 7: Controller Refactor
• Part 8: Wrap Up
• Wrap Up Slides

Token-Based Auth

Completed code for this section is in token-auth-client and token-auth-server. You'll also find more notes in the TOKEN.md readme. You can find also find a README and some server code from a lab on JWT Auth here: https://github.com/learn-co-curriculum/jwt-auth-rails

• Playlist with all the videos

Here are all the individual video links:

• Part 1: Rails Setup
• Part 2: Sign Up
• Part 3: Login
• Part 4: Autologin
• Part 5: Logout
• Part 6: JWT
• Part 7: Controller Refactor
• Part 8: Authorization
• Part 9: Wrap Up
• Wrap Up Slides