I've watched quite a few tutorials about sessions and express lately and I think that you do the best job of them all, very well explained and answers a lot of questions others skip over
Thank you for this guide. This is my 2nd go-round with authentication and I decided to learn more about the moving parts rather than just understanding the overall process This guide clearly explained a few concepts that I was unaware and definitely made my existing knowledge more cohesive.
Thanks so much man! I've been trying to learn passport.js for WEEKS and none of the courses worked AT ALL!! I really appreciate what you're doing here!
Hello @Zach, you have no idea how i much appreciate this tutorial. I have been searching thru all sorts of tutorials for a good understanding of how to persist user login and sessions and cookies and all that, but none could explain as simple and deep as you have. See, Zach, You have done, if not, the best tuts ever tuts on this topic. I will follow you throughout. kindly let me know which other ways i could reach you. thanks so much. I will recommend your channel to all my students. thanks so much
Best video ever. I wonder what happens to session data in Mongo when cookie expires, data gets deleted from db or I need to handle it? Clear outdated records?
Thank you so much, you are such a great teacher, you don't assume people to know little details but instead you tirelessly teach in details. How great! Good luck in everything you do!
man this video has more substance than every youtube video. This is so so so so good man. I am so thankful to you. my 2nd time going through this video too. Its all making sense. Im pumped.
This channel will have MILLIONS of subscribers. I guarantee as soon as other fellow software engineers see your content, they'll absolutely hit that damn subscribe button immediately. Thank you for your hard work with these series!
Just discovered this series. This cleared up so much confusion already, thanks a whole lot! I found it really helpful to see the live example in the browser and on the server side, now it makes sense!
You are a real lifesaver. This is a million dollar video. Very under-rated and full of potential channel. All of your followers appreciate your efforts, but it's nothing compared to your hard work and detailed explained topics. Absolutely great video.
From last two days i was trying to understand how cookies and session work,after watching your video my doubts are pretty much clear,Thank you so much man and keep up your good work. Love from India❤️👍
Must say you really did put in the time and effort to explain authentication and authorization, was totally lost without you and your efforts to enlighten me are highly appreciated. Found your blog too thank you.
Sos un grande!! mi ingles es basico pero tu explicacion es increible!! You are a genious!! my english is basic, but your explication is amaizing so I could understand all perfectly!
Actually you should not hide the subscriber count. You are the most under-rated youtuber. Now I am gonna check your channel everytime I am stuck with something. Please make sure to add contents like this continuously. These 25 minutes gone like a breeze. Keep up the good work.
i set req.session.userID in my app.post("/login") route. inside that route, the req.session.userId is available ..... but when i try the same in a different route like app.get("/home"). It is undefined. PLS HELP...
Is there much point adding properties to sessions if they're invalidated on logout or page close? Or can you have somesort of backup/soft delete table where you can revive old cookies?
Zach thank you for your time to put it together. A quick question: how does browser know to which request among many possible requests to attach this particular session to? what if browser is sending requests to five different servers of which there have set cookies to the browser and the other two do not use sessions, how then does the browser keeps track of what session needs to be sent to what server?
Great question. This gets into a slightly complicated topic of load balancing and managing a cluster of session stores. Generally, if you’ve got multiple servers, you’d be setting up something like Redis to centrally manage the sessions. So basically, all the servers would reach out to a central Redis instance (or cluster), which keeps track of all the sessions in one spot. This way, both the browser and server are stateless, and all the sessions are semi-persistent in Redis.
hi Zach I would first like to thank you a lot as this content is so good and clear. I've one question how did the view count data persist after the first request I set a property viewCount to the request.session object, so how did my express session middleware capture that in the second request and inserted it in the MongoDB sessionStore in short how viewCount even persisted to the second request
So express-session automatically generates session ID and attach that to set-cookie header? We don't need to manually code something like: resp.setHeader(set-cookie, [sessionID])?
This is one of the most under-rated TH-cam channels. Don't know why it has so low views and likes. Seriously, you have amazing content.
I always come here when I want to understand something deeply, thanks for the good work @zach
I've watched quite a few tutorials about sessions and express lately and I think that you do the best job of them all, very well explained and answers a lot of questions others skip over
Thank you for this guide.
This is my 2nd go-round with authentication and I decided to learn more about the moving parts rather than just understanding the overall process
This guide clearly explained a few concepts that I was unaware and definitely made my existing knowledge more cohesive.
Thanks so much man!
I've been trying to learn passport.js for WEEKS and none of the courses worked AT ALL!!
I really appreciate what you're doing here!
Love this style where you break down what's going on behind the scenes instead of just showing implementation. Great video!
Amazing work. Knowing the role and actions of each library helps so much
Hello @Zach, you have no idea how i much appreciate this tutorial. I have been searching thru all sorts of tutorials for a good understanding of how to persist user login and sessions and cookies and all that, but none could explain as simple and deep as you have.
See, Zach, You have done, if not, the best tuts ever tuts on this topic. I will follow you throughout. kindly let me know which other ways i could reach you. thanks so much. I will recommend your channel to all my students. thanks so much
I too cannot contain the excitement of watching this video.
So glad you've found it helpful, and thanks for sharing! I created this one because I couldn't find it myself so I'm glad it is resonating.
Best video ever. I wonder what happens to session data in Mongo when cookie expires, data gets deleted from db or I need to handle it? Clear outdated records?
You have the best tutorial that explains what is going on in the background in understanding session
Thank you so much, you are such a great teacher, you don't assume people to know little details but instead you tirelessly teach in details. How great! Good luck in everything you do!
man this video has more substance than every youtube video. This is so so so so good man. I am so thankful to you. my 2nd time going through this video too. Its all making sense. Im pumped.
Comment below what you're using the express-session library for! Also, plz like the video :)
This channel will have MILLIONS of subscribers. I guarantee as soon as other fellow software engineers see your content, they'll absolutely hit that damn subscribe button immediately. Thank you for your hard work with these series!
Thanks for the comment! Really appreciate it
I am very thankful to you. From many days i have stuck in session, cookie, authorization stuff. You made my day. GOD Bless you.
Cannot overstate how helpful this series has been.
Just discovered this series. This cleared up so much confusion already, thanks a whole lot! I found it really helpful to see the live example in the browser and on the server side, now it makes sense!
I will try to make the exact video playlist for the people of my region. This is such useful information...
You are a real lifesaver. This is a million dollar video. Very under-rated and full of potential channel. All of your followers appreciate your efforts, but it's nothing compared to your hard work and detailed explained topics. Absolutely great video.
Thank you!! 🙏
Dude you explain so well, thanks you so much for your tut, coming from theodinproject!
Thankyou so much for clearing my doubts and basics , love from India , wish you happiness and prosper in life
Happy to discover your channel with this very well explained video !!!
From last two days i was trying to understand how cookies and session work,after watching your video my doubts are pretty much clear,Thank you so much man and keep up your good work.
Love from India❤️👍
Must say you really did put in the time and effort to explain authentication and authorization, was totally lost without you and your efforts to enlighten me are highly appreciated. Found your blog too thank you.
very nice and elaborate explanation thank you very much.
Really love this series. Eagerly awaiting you to continue this series and upload the next video!
Thanks!! Working hard to get them completed and posted pretty close to each other!
This video tutorial is like finding a chest of gold for someone who is new to express and express-session!
I was so lucky to find your channel on TH-cam, it has lots of useful lessons for me. I really love this channel. Please make it more diverse.
I used this with a combination of postgres-sql, connect-pg-simple, and it worked like a charm. Wonderful my man.
Really well-explained. You did a great job giving full information about both concepts and implementation. Thanks for this one!
great video! keep posting more tutorials! you are helping a lot of new devs! thanks!!
Love it man. I have been having trouble understanding express-session for a long time. This was what I always needed
Nothing but compliments. The best explanations for the topic! Thanks a ton!!!
Zach! GREAT VIDEO. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. You do a good job in explaining this topic. Please make more tutorials!
Fantastic tutorial. Thank you for being thorough and speaking slowly. I'll be checking out your other videos.
Sos un grande!! mi ingles es basico pero tu explicacion es increible!!
You are a genious!! my english is basic, but your explication is amaizing so I could understand all perfectly!
It's nice to see how everything works under the hood, instead of blindly adding the Passport Js library.
Time is flying by, this series is amazing
Very calm and composed way to explain the basic concepts behind any topic :) Really liked it.
such a clear tutorial with so much attention to detail! thank you so much!! :)
Your way of explaining things is amazing! Subcribed!
This is a really really good tutorial. You earned a subscriber!!!!
Fascinating tutorial by one of the best educators on the web. Thanks, Zach.
Hello @Zach..You have simplified the things for us. Thank you. Very well explained. I appreciate your time and effort :)
awesome video lad, you help me up a lot, and now I have a good grasp about what im doing.
not only this one, the previous video as well
Actually you should not hide the subscriber count. You are the most under-rated youtuber. Now I am gonna check your channel everytime I am stuck with something. Please make sure to add contents like this continuously. These 25 minutes gone like a breeze. Keep up the good work.
6:58 the explanation of session store & connect-mongo library
basically saving your cookie information into the database
Thanks. I was confused on how to add a property to the collection 'session' like 'user-id' if the library automatically adds the data.
Marvelous Sir, Thank you very much. I feel a lot more confident about express sessions.
Awesome! Glad the video helped!
This was really good. Extremely rich in informative content
Lovely Series. Really Awesome way of explaining things. Thank You Zach.
I would teach myself with exactly your style. Love it...
Well done on the clear explanation. Nice one
Another awesome teacher on youtube
Very well explained! Enjoyed watching this tutorial very much!
Thank you for the Video. It was very elaborate and clear !!
In love with your channel! This video is sooooo good :)
Thanks man for being normal! And just spreading the knowledge!!!
The content is pretty good Zach. Keep going on :D. Thank you.
Love you man! This series is amazing.
Now it got to my brain 😭😢
Thank you!
best explanation on youtube👏👏
Thank you, it was really helpful, Keep posting great contents like this.
Exceptional content. This was explained very well. Thank you.
Brother
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U nailed it
@Zach, Thanks for this amazing series. 😀
Very nice tutorial especially the details you go into
Amazing video series, thanks sir!
Thank you very much for your efforts. Great tutorial.
Zach Thank you very much for this Video , Helped me a lot!
thank you great explanation, made it super ez to understand
I love you, man! You are a life saver!
Everything I was looking for. Thanks
love your tutorials! thanks a lot
This was explained very well. Thank you.
this is the best explanation of sessions,thk you!!!
this tut.is actully good I really like this ..keep it up
Very Good explanation for beginner like me
Explained in details. Thank you!
Thanks for these videos man, great stuff
your playlist most useful i have learn from it thank you and keep going
i set req.session.userID in my app.post("/login") route. inside that route, the req.session.userId is available ..... but when i try the same in a different route like app.get("/home"). It is undefined.
PLS HELP...
Amazing videos!!! Thanks a lot Zach!
This tutorial is excellent!
Thank you so much for the explanation! Perfect video.
Love your videos Zach !!!!
Thanks so much. You explained this like GOD
best video on this topic...
This is really good content. Great explanations
Is there much point adding properties to sessions if they're invalidated on logout or page close? Or can you have somesort of backup/soft delete table where you can revive old cookies?
best explanation ever! Thank You!
very high quality tutorial
Zach thank you for your time to put it together. A quick question: how does browser know to which request among many possible requests to attach this particular session to? what if browser is sending requests to five different servers of which there have set cookies to the browser and the other two do not use sessions, how then does the browser keeps track of what session needs to be sent to what server?
Great question. This gets into a slightly complicated topic of load balancing and managing a cluster of session stores. Generally, if you’ve got multiple servers, you’d be setting up something like Redis to centrally manage the sessions. So basically, all the servers would reach out to a central Redis instance (or cluster), which keeps track of all the sessions in one spot. This way, both the browser and server are stateless, and all the sessions are semi-persistent in Redis.
This was a great video, keep it up!
one quick question Zach, if we change the expiration date in browser's cookie, will it also change in the database?
This is exactly what i was looking for..tysm
You are a lifesaver, Thank you!
Really thank u for ur effort on doing such a tutorial i got a useful info about cookies and sessions that i never thought to have
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this is super useful. Thank you, sir.
This helped me a lot. Thanks!
hi Zach I would first like to thank you a lot as this content is so good and clear. I've one question how did the view count data persist after the first request I set a property viewCount to the request.session object, so how did my express session middleware capture that in the second request and inserted it in the MongoDB sessionStore in short how viewCount even persisted to the second request
So express-session automatically generates session ID and attach that to set-cookie header? We don't need to manually code something like: resp.setHeader(set-cookie, [sessionID])?
Does the cookie also store viewCount?