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User Authentication With Express and Mongo

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Using Session Variables to Customize Content

6:33 with Dave McFarland and Jonathan Foster

Learn how to use session variables to provide custom information for your site's users. Using session variables, you can identify and particular user and provide information tailored to their needs.

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    aspects of a user authentication system to our project. 0:00
    The user can sign up on the site, log in, and visit pages that only they can view. 0:00
    In this section of the course we'll refine our application. 0:06
    First we'll add logic to our template files so 0:09
    they display different information based on a user's logon status. 0:11
    We'll also add a log out feature so a user can safely log out without 0:15
    fear that someone might jump on their computer and impersonate them. 0:19
    I'll also show you how to write custom middleware to add two simple methods 0:23
    that'll let you control routes based on whether a user is logged in or not. 0:27

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