Phase 12 · Authentication
TopicsNextAuth
Part of the Frontend Developer Roadmap.
Summary
A complete authentication library for Next.js (now Auth.js) supporting OAuth providers, credentials, JWT and database sessions with minimal setup.
How to Learn This
- 1Add NextAuth to a Next.js project with one OAuth provider (Google or GitHub).
- 2Learn the difference between JWT sessions and database sessions in NextAuth's config.
- 3Protect a route using NextAuth's session data in middleware or a server component.
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