Describe and explain OAuth and it's role in web authentication
Carefully read error messages generated from framework code and reason through possible causes based on current knowledge of Express
Use targeted searches in documentation to answer specific questions or inform hypothesis
Build and ship an app that allows users to login via OAuth using Passport
What is 'OAuth' ?
a standard for token-based authentication obvs...
What is Passport?
a JS framework to make your life easier when you're implementing authorization
How does Google / Facebook / LinkedIn etc... communicate with your local web app during development? Isn't that private (aka not published on the internet)?
What part of your existing authentication / authorization flows does this replace?
Why would you want to authenticate with Google / Facebook instead of storing the emails / passwords yourself?
