Mastering Session Authentication

Background

This is the codebase for a guided walkthrough on session authentication and persistent login using a MERN-stack.

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Technologies

• MongoDB (Atlas)
• Express
• React
• Node.js
• Redux
• Mongoose
• Joi
• BCrypt
• ES6+

Features

• A fully functional backend API with four endpoints to: sign up, log in, log out, and check if a session exists
• Use of a session store (connect-mongo)
• Input validations using Joi
• A React/Redux frontend using create-react-app, a proxy, and React Router
• Custom "protected" and "auth" routes
• Persistent client login (the user can refreshes their page and stay logged in)