Connect your React frontend to a backend API and implement a complete authentication system. You’ll build login and registration flows, manage JWT tokens, protect routes, and use React Context to provide global authentication state across the app.
Overview
Syllabus
- Unit 1: Setting Up API Client
- Observing the API Client and HomePage Integration
- Implementing the API Client
- Implementing the HomePage Return UI
- Implementing the API Status useEffect
- Unit 2: Login Flow and Protected Routes
- Observing the Login Flow and Protected Routes
- Implementing Token Storage Utilities
- Adding Login and Protected Shelf Routes
- Building the LoginForm Component
- Unit 3: Building the Registration Flow
- Observing the Registration Flow
- Adding the Register Route and Page
- Adding State and Submit Logic to RegisterForm
- Wiring Up the RegisterForm UI
- Unit 4: Creating Authentication Context
- Observing the Authentication Context
- Implementing Auth-Based Navigation in App.tsx
- Wrapping App with AuthProvider and Creating ProtectedRoute
- Implementing LoginForm Submission Logic
- Mastering the AuthContext