Phase 12 · Authentication
TopicsProtected Routes
Part of the Frontend Developer Roadmap.
Summary
Pages or routes that should only be accessible to authenticated (or authorized) users, redirecting everyone else to a login page.
How to Learn This
- 1Build a route guard that redirects unauthenticated users to `/login`.
- 2Implement this via middleware in Next.js rather than only client-side checks.
- 3Remember: client-side route protection is a UX nicety — the API must enforce it too.
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