Schedule > 14. Authentication with JWTs

Readings

• Difference between Session Cookies vs. JWT (JSON Web Tokens), for session management.
• Understanding JWT and how to implement a simple JWT with Flask.
• Flask-JWT-Extended’s Documentation.
• CSRF Explained | Understanding Cross Site Request Forgery | What is XSRF?

Slides

• Lecture 24: Authentication (Wednesday, 4/12)
• Lecture 25: Securing Your App Using JWTs (Monday, 4/17)

Videos & Lecture Files

Videos and worked examples will be published after class:

• Videos on Google Drive
• Worked examples on GitHub

Activities

1. Lecture 25 (Monday): Intro to Flask JWTs