Web Dev Roadmap for Beginners (Free!): https://bit.ly/DaveGrayWebDevRoadmap Add user password authentication to your Node.js & Express app. In this tutorial, you will learn how to add user registration and authentication routes. We'll hash and salt passwords user passwords for safe storage, too. 🚩 Subscribe ➜ https://bit.ly/3nGHmNn 🚀 This lesson is part of an Node.js & Express for Beginners tutorial series playlist:    • Node.js Tutorials for Beginners   🔗 Starter Source Code: https://github.com/gitdagray/express_mvc 🔗 Completed Source Code: https://github.com/gitdagray/user_auth User Password Authentication | Node.js & Express Tutorials for Beginners (00:00) Intro (00:05) Welcome (00:32) Simulating a users database (00:57) Two routes are needed (01:09) Create the register controller (03:00) Install bcrypt dependency (04:07) Handle new user request (07:55) Hash and Salt passwords with bcrypt (12:34) Create the register route file (13:50) Add the route to the server (14:13) Start the dev server (15:13) Test the register route (18:21) Create the auth controller (22:57) Create the auth route file (23:43) Add the auth route to the server (24:03) Test the auth route 📚 References: Bcrypt: https://www.npmjs.com/package/bcrypt How to Safely Store a Password: https://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/ MDN: HTTP Response Status Codes: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status 📚 More References: Node.js Official site: https://nodejs.org/ NPM Official site: https://www.npmjs.com/ Express JS Official site: https://expressjs.com/ MDN CORS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS NPM CORS: https://www.npmjs.com/package/cors ✅ Follow Me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/yesdavidgray LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidagray/ Blog: https://yesdavidgray.com/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/DaveOnEleven Was this tutorial about user password authentication with Node.js and Express JS helpful? If so, please share. Let me know your thoughts in the comments. #user #password #authentication