npm install for Production
Learn how to ignore development dependencies and decrease the size of the node_modules folder when working with npm install in a production environment.
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Dockerizing an Express App For Development and Production
Learn how to use Docker to build and run Express applications in development and production.
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How to Store Passwords Securely
Learn how to store passwords securely including encrypted vs hashed passwords, what a salt is, how to encrypt and decrypt passwords with Node, how to hash passwords with Node, and how logging in works with hashed and salted passwords.
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Express Refresh and Access token Authentication
Learn how to use refresh tokens and access tokens to add authentication and authorization to an Express app. We will use the libraries jsonwebtoken and cookie-parser and will also go over the security benefits of refresh and access tokens.
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Create a TypeScript App
Learn how to create a TypeScript app, what TypeScript is, how it is different and similar to JavaScript, how to configure the TypeScript compiler with tsconfig.json, and how to install TypeScript.
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Refresh Tokens Explained
Learn what a refresh token is, why they are needed, where to store them, and how refresh tokens are different from access tokens.
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JWT and Cookie CSRF Example
Learn how to protect a web application that uses JWT cookies from cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks using Node. We will also learn why JWT cookies are particularly vulnerable to CSRF and what a CSRF attack is with a live example.
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React Infinite Scroll
Learn how to create an infinite scroll with React and ExpressJS using the intersection observer API and a custom useInfiniteScroll hook.
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Express Authentication Cookies and JWTs
Learn how to use both JWTs and Cookies in Express to authenticate a request and how to protect JWT cookies from cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. To demonstrate, we will be using the jsonwebtoken and cookie-parser npm libraries.
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Nginx Environment Variables with Docker
Learn to use environment variables inside an Nginx docker container using docker compose and envsubst.
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