Authentication with Next.js - The do's and don'ts, and why next-auth is your friend [ part 1 of 2 ]

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  • node-argon2

    Node.js bindings for Argon2 hashing algorithm

  • next-auth

    Authentication for the Web.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • frank_jwt

    JSON Web Token implementation in Rust.

  • Now the encoded token, probably looks very secure, however I now challenge you to go generate a jwt token, head on over to jwt.io and use this tool and notice how it will decode your token and show you your header, payload and signature - now I bet you're now thinking, well that doesn't seem secure at all.

  • Next.js

    The React Framework

  • I'm using iron-session as shown here, and it works really well.

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