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While a lot of Node.js guides recommend using JWT as an alternative to session cookies (sometimes even mistakenly calling it "more secure than cookies"), this is a terrible idea. JWTs are absolutely not a secure way to deal with user authentication/sessions, and this article goes into more detail about that.

Secure user authentication requires the use of session cookies.

Cookies are small key/value pairs that are usually sent by a server, and stored on the client (often a browser). The client then sends this key/value pair back with every request, in a HTTP header. This way, unique clients can be identified between requests, and client-side settings can be stored and used by the server.

Session cookies are cookies containing a unique session ID that is generated by the server. This session ID is used by the server to identify the client whenever it makes a request, and to associate session data with that request.

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"How do I get started with Node?" is a commonly heard question in #Node.js. This gist is an attempt to compile some of the answers to that question. It's a perpetual work-in-progress.

And if this list didn't quite answer your questions, I'm available for tutoring and code review! A donation is also welcome :)

Setting expectations

Before you get started learning about JavaScript and Node.js, there's one very important article you need to read: Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years.

Understand that it's going to take time to learn Node.js, just like it would take time to learn any other specialized topic - and that you're not going to learn effectively just by reading things, or following tutorials or courses. _Get out there and build things!

So you want to publish a react component?!

This is a quick guide of what you need to do to publish a react component for use by others. This guide is distilled from a conversation [0] on twitter. I will reference individual tweets, where appropriate (thereby shifting blame for incorrect advice from me to the authors :D)

Assumptions

You are using some sort of module system in your source
You have a build step
You want broad support for your component (browser-ready, npm compatible, consumable by bower)

Folder Structure

Please note

While this gist has been shared and followed for years, I regret not giving more background. It was originally a gist for the engineering org I was in, not a "general suggestion" for any React app.

Typically I avoid folders altogether. Heck, I even avoid new files. If I can build an app with one 2000 line file I will. New files and folders are a pain.

	# Requirements

	* Python 2.7
	* Google Chrome
	* ChromeDriver - WebDriver for Chrome

	- Download the latest chromedrive which is 2.28 from here - https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads
	- Extract and move `chromedriver` file to `/usr/local/bin/chromedriver`
	- git clone https://github.com/li-xinyang/OS_FrontendMaster-dl
	- cd OS_FrontendMaster-dl