JWT authentication explained

Опубликовано: 19 Май 2026
на канале: Just a Dev
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Authentication is the backbone of any modern web application, and JWT authentication is one of the most popular authentication strategies.

This video provides a comprehensive comparison deep dive into JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and compares it against traditional Session-based authentication.

📖 Table of Content
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - What is JWT?
01:45 - JWT structure and how it is built
05:05 - Real life example of JWT authentication process
09:01 - JWT auth vs. Session based auth
12:41 - JWT demo in Python
18:40 - Outro

Code from the video 👨‍💻
https://github.com/eukosh/jad-example...

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