Authentication is one of the core components of application security. It seeks to ascertain the identity of users and systems involved in the application. In contemporary web and mobilization tendencies, authentication is carried out mainly through tokens and keys. Let us probe into advanced mechanisms used in the most common of them all: OAuth: A protocol for token sharing among […]
Mastering Authentication: OAuth, JWT, and API Keys
Exploring Built-In API Routes in Next.js for Dynamic Web Apps
When building web applications, there’s always the challenge of balancing backend and frontend development. Sometimes, you want to handle everything in one place without setting up an entirely separate server just to fetch or manipulate data. Enter Next.js API routes, a built-in feature that allows developers to create a backend-like API within their Next.js app itself, without worrying about complex […]