JWT - 402-advanced-javascript-traebennett/seattle-javascript-401d31 GitHub Wiki

JsonWebToken is a built in library with in node that allwos you to generate tokens which can be used to communicate between the client and the server of your application. This is used heavily in the aspect that you are not using the clients password as raw data to verify them, but instead generating a token to use in that instance, a single use, continuous use, or with a set time to expire.