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As part of the Node revamp's 2nd milestone

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  • Adds a new lesson for stateless auth with JWTs

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Closes #29519

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MaoShizhong added 10 commits May 10, 2025 13:17
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Write introduction and lesson overview
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Write section on JWT structure
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Start stateless auth intro
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Set up minimal app example code
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Change tutorial setup to example snippet
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No need for a full handholdy tutorial. Just highlight the differences
between stateful/stateless and session/JWT
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Write example of JWT verification middleware
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Use Express method to get authorization header
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req.headers is a Node built-in getter as part of the Message interface
(which extends Request). Not as intuitive to find docs for since people
will likely look at the Request interface first.

It'll be easier for learners to find an Express method in Express docs - consistent with
other Express methods used in this and other lessons.
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Adds brief caveats section
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More detail left for a future Sessions vs JWTs lesson
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Complete lesson assignment/knowledge check sections
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Fix grammar issues
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@github-actions github-actions bot added the Content: NodeJS Involves the NodeJS course label May 17, 2025
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Various grammar and tonal improvements.

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Streamline wording flow
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Co-authored-by: Kevin Browne <[email protected]>
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