Authentication and Authorization in Node JS | JWT authentication Node JS

In this video, we walk through the fundamentals of securing your Express apps with JSON Web Tokens. You’ll learn the difference between authentication and authorization, explore session-based vs. jwt token-based approaches, and build a complete auth flow from scratch.
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🔥 What You’ll Learn

Authentication vs Authorization: understand the key differences between authentication (who you are) and authorization (what you can do)
Approaches to Auth: pros & cons of session cookies vs. JWT tokens
Setup & Dependencies: installing and configuring Express, bcrypt, jsonwebtoken, dotenv, and more

Building the API:
1. Signup endpoint – register new users & hash passwords
2. Login endpoint – verify credentials & issue JWTs
3. fetch-account-info endpoint – protect routes with auth middleware & return user data

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