Authentication & Security — Next.js Full Stack Roadmap
Securing a Next.js full-stack application end to end
Steps in Authentication & Security
- Authentication Basics — advanced · Sessions vs tokens and the general authentication flow
- Authentication with Auth.js (NextAuth) — advanced · Setting up providers, sessions and callbacks with Auth.js in a Next.js app
- Password Hashing (bcrypt) — advanced · Why plaintext passwords are unsafe and how bcrypt hashing works for a Credentials provider
- OAuth & Social Login — advanced · Adding Google/GitHub login using Auth.js OAuth providers
- Role-Based Access Control — advanced · Restricting routes and Server Actions based on user roles
- Protecting Routes with Middleware — advanced · Using Next.js middleware.ts to guard routes based on authentication state
- Security Headers & Hardening — advanced · Content Security Policy, security headers via next.config.js and preventing common attacks
Part of
- Next.js Full Stack roadmap — the full learning path