JWT Explained In Under 10 Minutes (JSON Web Tokens)

JWT (JSON Web Tokens) explained in under 10 minutes! Authentication, authorization, refresh tokens, statelessness, and more. Four years ago, I published my first-ever article on Medium, titled "JSON Web Tokens - The only explanation you'll ever need". Tens of thousands of developers have read it, so I decided to make a video version. Enjoy! 🔗 Socials: X - https://x.com/arielweinberger LinkedIn -   / arielweinberger   Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:21 Authentication VS Authorization 01:34 The Structure of a JWT 02:42 Signature 04:05 JWTs Are Encoded, NOT Encrypted! 04:45 JWTs Are Stateless 05:49 Short Lived Tokens 07:32 Refresh Token Rotation 08:13 Recap 📚 Resources 1. Medium.com - JSON Web Tokens (JWT) — the only explanation you will ever need by Ariel Weinberger   / json-web-token-jwt-the-only-explanation-yo...   2. https://jwt.io