Handling Authentication In Vue Using Vuex ― Scotch.io | vue router check login
Traditionally,manypeopleuselocalstoragetomanagetokensgeneratedthroughclient-sideauthentication.Abigconcernisalwaysabetterwaytomanageauthorizationtokenstoallowustostoreevenmoreinformationonusers.ThisiswhereVuex[1]comesin.VuexmanagesstatesforVue.js[2]applications.Itservesasacentralizedstoreforallthecomponentsinanapplication,withrulesensuringthatthestatecanonlybemutatedinapredictablefashion.SoundslikeabetteralternativetoalwayscheckinglocalStorage?Let’sexploreit.KnowledgeofJavaScriptNodeinstalle...
Traditionally, many people use local storage to manage tokens generated through client-side authentication. A big concern is always a better way to manage authorization tokens to allow us to store even more information on users.
This is where Vuex[1] comes in. Vuex manages states for Vue.js[2] applications. It serves as a centralized store for all the components in an application, with rules ensuring that the state can only be mutated in a predictable fashion.
Sounds like a better alternative to always checking localStorage? Let’s explore it.
Knowledge of JavaScript Node installed on your local system Knowledge of Vue Have Vue CLI[3] installed Have read Vue Authentication And Route Handling Using Vue-router ― Scotch[4]For this project, we want to create a vue application that has vuex and vue-router[5]. We will use the vue cli 3.0 to create a new vue project and select router and vuex from the options.
Run the following command to set it up:
$ vue...