Securing and Testing your MVC NestJS App

In this course, we will learn how to secure a NestJS application using bcrypt and session-based authentication. Additionally, we will implement comprehensive testing, including unit tests with mocks and component tests without mocks, while using the MVC pattern throughout.

Lessons and practices

Lesson 1: User Authentication with Bcrypt Password

Run User Registration with Hashed Passwords

Improving User Login Feedback

Fix User Password Storage

Enhance Registration Security with Password Validation

Implement Secure User Registration

Lesson 2: Session Management with Express in NestJS

Tracking Visits with Session in NestJS

Session Management Timeout

Running a Basic Session-Based Authentication Setup

Resetting Session Data

Lesson 3: Session-Based Authentication with Passport.js in NestJS

Session-Based Authentication using PassportJS

Adding Logout Functionality

Ensure Unique Usernames in Registration

Fix Session Persistence Issue

Create an Admin Authentication Guard

Lesson 4: Unit Testing with Mocks

Run Unit Tests for AppController

Adding Tests for New Method

Run Unit Tests with Mocks

Update User Details with Tests

Implement and Test a New UserService Method

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