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Full Stack Developer / Authentication for the web

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Full Stack Developer

01Programming fundamentals
02HTML & CSS
03JavaScript fundamentals
04Git & GitHub
05Web accessibility
06TypeScript fundamentals
07React fundamentals
08Next.js & full-stack React
09Node.js & HTTP APIs
10SQL fundamentals
11Databases & ORMs
12Authentication for the web
13Testing web apps
14Deploy & ship
15Containers & orchestration
16CI/CD & cloud basics
17System design
18Data structures & algorithms

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Stage 03 · 03 · Backend · skill 4 of 4

Authentication for the web

Sessions, cookies, OAuth. Know what you are trusting.

Recommended first: Node.js & HTTP APIs

After this you will be able to

Explain why passwords are hashed
Describe an OAuth authorization code flow
List what belongs in an HTTP-only cookie

Open OWASP Authentication Cheat Sheet

OWASP · why we picked it

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