THE ULTIMATE GUIDE — BUILD YOUR OWN FULL-STACK REACT APP
Set up an Express.Js App With Passport.Js and Mongodb for Password Authentication
Building the Backend for a Milestone Referral Program (I/II)
In this article, you will learn how to build a web app with Node.js, Express.js, Passport.js, and MongoDB to authenticate a user via REST-endpoint with password and email. You will also learn how to connect that endpoint with a frontend of your choice. The article is intended as a code-along guide, so boot up your VisualStudio and let’s go.
Structure of the article
In this piece, we will build the first version of the backend for a referral app. The article is self-contained up to the point where we connect the backend with our frontend. However, If you want to use your frontend, that is not a problem whatsoever. The same logic applies, and the explanations hold. If you want to read up on or download the frontend we have built, head over to the corresponding article:
