Learning Outcomes

Authentication

Password encryption

• We can store passwords securely

• We can hash and salt passwords using bcrypt

• We describe why it's important to hash and salt passwords

Authentication

• We can authenticate users by setting and reading cookies

• We can use JSON Web Tokens to store user information in a cookie

• We can describe why we need to use JSON Web Tokens

• We can ensure only authenticated users can see certain content

• We can ensure only authenticated users can take certain actions

• We can describe the difference between a stateful and stateless server

Promises

• We can create our own promises

• We can wrap a function that takes a callback in a promise

Design

Sign-in form

• We can design a usable sign in form

• We can create a sign in form with semantic accessible HTML

• We can help users enter the right information with HTML5 validation

Testing

Test coverage

• We can measure the test coverage of our code

• We can identify where our tests are lacking and fix this

Static analysis

• We can configure ESLint to catch common JS errors

• We can describe how a linter helps us write code

Developer Toolkit

Continuous Integration

• We can set up a continuous integration server

• We can run our tests and linter in CI to prevent broken code reaching Master

Viewing browser cookies

• We can use the Application tab in Chrome dev tools to view cookies