FlaviuN / svcc-auth

Demo code for my Silicon Valley Code Camp talk about authentication in Node.js!

svcc-auth

This project contains code which shows how to implement your own user authentication in a Node.js web app with MongoDB.

The talk slides can be found on SpeakerDeck.

Installation

Installing this project is simple, run the following commands:

$ git clone https://github.com/rdegges/svcc-auth.git
$ cd svcc-auth
$ npm install
$ sudo mongod &  # start mongodb locally
$ npm start      # fire up the project!

NOTE: You must have MongoDB installed and working locally in order to run this project.

Purpose

This project shows how to implement basic user authentication in a Node.js web app. The accompanying talk explains how HTTP authentication works in a group-up way for new Node.js (and web) developers.

Questions

Got questions? Hit me up! I'm [e-mail].