Authentication

• complicated and takes a lot of code
  • can use tools to help make it faster, simpler, and with less code

Tools used in The Web Development Bootcamp

• Passport
  • authentication middleware for Node.js
  • can be used in any Express-based web app
• Passport Local
  • for logging in with a username and password (vs logging in with Facebook or Google)
• Passport Local Mongoose
  • don't have to use, but makes it even easier to use with Mongoose
• Express-Session

Sessions

• a little info is sent with every request and saved so http knows when you are logged in (because http is stateless)