How to Authenticate Users: JWT vs. Session
In web applications, you try to decide when to use either JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) or sessions (cookies) for authentication. When you browse the web you use HTTP, which is a stateless protocol. So, the only way to remember the states of your application is using either sessions or tokens. Goals This article deep dives into: Differences in using sessions and JSON Web Tokens for authentication How server-side session store works Advantages of sessions over JWT Advantages of using JWT and other things concerning the structure of JWT. JWT vs. Session: What to Use? Deciding to choose between JWT or session is not just choosing one over the other. You need to look at some factors to determine which one to use in an application. In order to figure this…