Authentication

Sign up, log in and sessions, with a hosted service (Clerk) and a library you run yourself (Better Auth).

7 lessonsAbout 56 minutes

Lessons

1. 1What Is Authentication?How apps know who you are, why login is hard to build, and how to choose an auth tool9 minTimelineMatching
2. Clerk
3. 2Clerk BasicsWhat Clerk is and how it handles sign up and log in for you4 minTimeline
4. 3Clerk in Your AppSocial login, protecting pages and adding login buttons in code6 minQuiz
5. 4Clerk Features and PricingWhat Clerk handles for you, its dashboard and its pricing4 minScenario
6. Better Auth
7. 5Better Auth BasicsWhat Better Auth is and how a self run auth library differs from a hosted service like Clerk9 minScenarioMatching
8. 6Setting Up Better AuthInstall Better Auth in a Next.js app and connect it to your own database12 minTerminal
9. 7Better Auth in Your AppSign users up, in and out, read the session and protect a page in Next.js12 minMatchingQuiz